August 15, 2003

"In America, we build stretches of fence along the Mexican border to prevent foreigners from coming in to take jobs. It takes a lot of audacity to demand that Israel stop building a fence whose purpose is to prevent foreigners from coming in to commit mass murder." Stuck on a Barrier That's Not on the Road Map - Charles Krauthammer 4:24:18 PM

US: Libya taking Lockerbie blame CNN - The officials said Friday Libya would also renounce terrorism, promise to help future investigations into the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 and order its central bank to pay $2.7 billion in compensation to families of the victims. You have to read this article to believe what the French government is doing about this.  2:50:34 PM

Microsoft kills Net address to foil worm ZDNet.com -As part of its effort to stop the progress of the MSBlast worm, Microsoft is killing off the Windowsupdate.com address that the self-propagating program was set to attack. 2:05:22 PM

Microsoft, under attack, releases Blaster security advice InfoWorld - With a new version of the W32.Blaster worm on the loose and set to spawn a massive DoS (denial of service) attack on a Microsoft Web site Saturday, the software maker released a set of security guidelines for users Friday in an effort to minimize the damage. 9:53:41 AM

Internet 1, Blackout 0 Washington Post - No refrigeration, no subways, no smooth traffic flow, no air conditioning -- well, at least the Internet worked. 9:46:35 AM

Squashing the next worm CNET News.com - Another worm, another epidemic. Can companies find ways to halt the spread of self-propagating code? 5:31:22 AM