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Tales of the cryptochip
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software, the rate of software piracy in Canada grew from 39% in 1997 to 40% in 1998. In contrast, the US
they are able to trade anywhere in the Council of Ministers still requires final
piracy rate dropped from 27% in 1997 to 25% in 1998. A spokesperson from the Canadian Alliance Against
Financial
Software Theft
(CAAST)
said that changes
to the fed-
eral Copyright Act that would allow for statutory damages of up to $20 000 for each illegally copied software program
have yet to be implemented.
The
study also
found that Vietnam and China continue to have the highest piracy penetration rate among individual countries. While individual countries have shown increased rates of software
piracy, the worldwide
level continues
to fall; this is partly because
of cheaper
and better
and support
products.
company
service
The Globe and Mail, June
MCI WorldCorn
legal software for software
1, 1999.
offers outsourced global VPNs,
Bob Wallace. MCI’s UUnet Technologies unit recently detailed UUsecureVPN, a service that handles system setup, support, security, performance adVPN management.
UUsecure
will be available
in 14 countries
by
the end of the year. To address network setup, UUnet will provide, configure, ship and install and all-in-one device from Xedia
Corp. that handles security
help users avoid bandwidth
bottlenecks
usage on lines that access UUnet.
from a devices
by measuring
Computer
World, May
24, 1999, y. 68. Legislative threat to E-commerce,
Emma
Tucker
andJean Eaglesham. Revisions to two European Union conventions that cover consumer contracts threaten the development of E-commerce posals would extend a consumer’s
in Europe. The proright to sue a com-
pany that had renounced its contract under the law of the consumer’s home country, rather than the under the law of the country in which the company was based. Experts say that these revisions would deter small and medium-sized companies from using the Internet as they would have to be familiar with 15 different consumer regimes to trade across borders.They also maintain that the revisions would contradict the basic objective of the EU, which is to create the single market:
522
as long as business
Hackers
open
6, 1999.
door
to Windows,
Niall
McKay.
Back Orifice 2000, released by a group of hackers known as the Cult of the Dead Cow, can be used to gain
unauthorized
first version
access
targets
to computer
Microsoft’s
systems. The
Windows
95 and 98
operating systems. It can be downloaded to a computer user’s system without their permission or knowledge,
by hiding
it in an E-mail
attachment.
installed it can be used to gain complete
Once
control
of the
user’s system. It is believed that the second version will pose a threat to the corporate world because it targets Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system and is much more difficult to detect. Security industry officials are divided on whether they condone the actions of the Cult irresponsible
of the Dead Cow. Some believe that it is and will promote hacking; others believe
that the Cult servers industry by exposing
a useful purpose in the security weaknesses. Financial Times, July
14, 1999.
and has
firewall and bandwidth management features. All traffic is carried on UUnet’s Internet backbone, not on the Internet itself and is constantly monitored UUnet network operations centre. The Xedia
Times,July
EU. The approval.
abide by their home
rules
Tales of the cryptochip, tography
chip with
de la Rosa. A cryp-
Barry
an open-source
design
has been
developed by German students at Stuttgart University. The chip could dramatically increase the performance of E-commerce transactions owing to increased speed, improved cross-platform support and standardization, and the elimination of the need to use routers to implement VPNs. A report that introducing security advantages
by the Gartner Group said into silicon chips “offers
over software-based
VPNs”.
PC Week, June
29, 1999, p. 1. Anti-piracy Business
alliance under fire, Steve Ranger. The
Software
Alliance
(BSA)
has recently
sent out
letter to 40 000 small businesses asking them to state if they had enough licences for their software. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has harshly criticized the letters as “reminiscent of the worst bogus directory and fake invoice scams”. It accused the BSA of misleading businesses into believing that giving information to the anti-piracy group is compulsory. The BSA defended the organization’s that there was a correlation between
approach, saying BSA campaigns
software, the rate of software piracy in Canada grew from 39% in 1997 to 40% in 1998. In contrast, the US
they are able to trade anywhere in the Council of Ministers still requires final
piracy rate dropped from 27% in 1997 to 25% in 1998. A spokesperson from the Canadian Alliance Against
Financial
Software Theft
(CAAST)
said that changes
to the fed-
eral Copyright Act that would allow for statutory damages of up to $20 000 for each illegally copied software program
have yet to be implemented.
The
study also
found that Vietnam and China continue to have the highest piracy penetration rate among individual countries. While individual countries have shown increased rates of software
piracy, the worldwide
level continues
to fall; this is partly because
of cheaper
and better
and support
products.
company
service
The Globe and Mail, June
MCI WorldCorn
legal software for software
1, 1999.
offers outsourced global VPNs,
Bob Wallace. MCI’s UUnet Technologies unit recently detailed UUsecureVPN, a service that handles system setup, support, security, performance adVPN management.
UUsecure
will be available
in 14 countries
by
the end of the year. To address network setup, UUnet will provide, configure, ship and install and all-in-one device from Xedia
Corp. that handles security
help users avoid bandwidth
bottlenecks
usage on lines that access UUnet.
from a devices
by measuring
Computer
World, May
24, 1999, y. 68. Legislative threat to E-commerce,
Emma
Tucker
andJean Eaglesham. Revisions to two European Union conventions that cover consumer contracts threaten the development of E-commerce posals would extend a consumer’s
in Europe. The proright to sue a com-
pany that had renounced its contract under the law of the consumer’s home country, rather than the under the law of the country in which the company was based. Experts say that these revisions would deter small and medium-sized companies from using the Internet as they would have to be familiar with 15 different consumer regimes to trade across borders.They also maintain that the revisions would contradict the basic objective of the EU, which is to create the single market:
522
as long as business
Hackers
open
6, 1999.
door
to Windows,
Niall
McKay.
Back Orifice 2000, released by a group of hackers known as the Cult of the Dead Cow, can be used to gain
unauthorized
first version
access
targets
to computer
Microsoft’s
systems. The
Windows
95 and 98
operating systems. It can be downloaded to a computer user’s system without their permission or knowledge,
by hiding
it in an E-mail
attachment.
installed it can be used to gain complete
Once
control
of the
user’s system. It is believed that the second version will pose a threat to the corporate world because it targets Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system and is much more difficult to detect. Security industry officials are divided on whether they condone the actions of the Cult irresponsible
of the Dead Cow. Some believe that it is and will promote hacking; others believe
that the Cult servers industry by exposing
a useful purpose in the security weaknesses. Financial Times, July
14, 1999.
and has
firewall and bandwidth management features. All traffic is carried on UUnet’s Internet backbone, not on the Internet itself and is constantly monitored UUnet network operations centre. The Xedia
Times,July
EU. The approval.
abide by their home
rules
Tales of the cryptochip, tography
chip with
de la Rosa. A cryp-
Barry
an open-source
design
has been
developed by German students at Stuttgart University. The chip could dramatically increase the performance of E-commerce transactions owing to increased speed, improved cross-platform support and standardization, and the elimination of the need to use routers to implement VPNs. A report that introducing security advantages
by the Gartner Group said into silicon chips “offers
over software-based
VPNs”.
PC Week, June
29, 1999, p. 1. Anti-piracy Business
alliance under fire, Steve Ranger. The
Software
Alliance
(BSA)
has recently
sent out
letter to 40 000 small businesses asking them to state if they had enough licences for their software. The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has harshly criticized the letters as “reminiscent of the worst bogus directory and fake invoice scams”. It accused the BSA of misleading businesses into believing that giving information to the anti-piracy group is compulsory. The BSA defended the organization’s that there was a correlation between
approach, saying BSA campaigns