Monthly Archives: December 2001

Networking at Home

I’ve gotten my router set up at home, and it’s working well. Today I had three computers — Windows 2000, Mac (OS 9.2. and X) and Linux (Mandrake) — running like a charm off my DSL connection. DHCP is a … Continue reading

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Outlook Security Patch Problems

I installed the BugTraq NoHTML v1.2.0.0 Outlook add-in, which is supposed to convert HTML e-mail to harmless formats. Some problems cropped up. First, it left at least several HTML messages intact in Outlook 2000 — in other words, for those … Continue reading

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Ashcroft and McCarthy’s Ghost

Washington Post: The Ashcroft Smear. It is not disloyal — in fact, it is a form of patriotism — to ask whether government is getting the powers most appropriate to the task, whether it is using them wisely, whether it … Continue reading

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John “Joe McCarthy” Ashcroft

Washington Post: On Hill, Ashcroft Defends Anti-Terror Tactics. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft today defiantly faced congressional critics, defending the Justice Department’s aggressive tactics in prosecuting terrorism and suggesting that people who oppose the government’s plans are aiding the terrorists. … Continue reading

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More Insecurity via Microsoft

BugTraq: NoHTML v1.2.0.0. NoHTML.dll is an Outlook Add-in designed to convert HTML-based emails into harmless messages. It works slightly differently for Outlook 2000 than it does for Outlook 2002. Does not work with Outlook 98, or any version of Outlook … Continue reading

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Help the Bondholder, Screw the Customer

Mercury News: AT&T clients lose Net access. Exite@Home’s decision to pull the plug on AT&T came after a San Francisco bankruptcy court judge ruled Friday that the Redwood City company, which filed for Chapter 11 in late September, could terminate … Continue reading

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Home Again

Back home from Hong Kong after a turbulent 14-hour flight and almost no sleep. Postings here resume tomorrow… Comments

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