Wednesday, July 17, 2002

Key Information Security Advisory Centers CERT at http://www.cert.org/advisories/ and FedCIRC at http://www.fedcirc.gov/ provide some good models for a UtahCIRC site that could be linked to the alert feeds from both sites. 9:33:58 AM

National Strategy for Homeland Security Tom Ridge released the National Strategy for Homeland security at http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/book/index.html 9:29:54 AM

FCC Adopts Modified Opt-In Plan for Customer Information According to EPIC at http://www.epic.org/ The Federal Communications Commission today adopted rules designed to protect sensitive personal information of customers of telecommunications carriers. The Order provides for opt-in – or express consent – customer approval for carriers' release of customer information to third parties, but permits opt-out consent for release of information to affiliated parties. The Order specifically states that the Commission will not block or preempt state efforts to regulate CPNI. EPIC, other consumer groups. 9:27:59 AM

Definitive Ethernet Information This site at http://www.ethermanage.com/ethernet/ethernet.html provides extensive information about Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) local area network (LAN) technology. This includes the original 10 Megabit per second (Mbps) system, 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet (802.3u), 1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet (802.3z/802.3ab), and 10 Gigabit Ethernet (802.3ae). 9:19:31 AM

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