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Submission + - DOD Bars HTML Email and Outlook Web Access

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Xenographic

on Wednesday December 27, 2006 @03:24PM

Xenographic writes: "In a bid to increase their security, the DOD is now blocking HTML email and barring the use of Outlook Web Access. This coincides with them increasing INFOCON from 5 to 4, indicating that they are experiencing methodical and sophisticated attacks directed at them. Of course, this raises the question of what INFOCON level is required before they ban the use of Outlook and Windows entirely?"

Submission + - Six DMCA Exemptions Granted

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Xenographic

on Thursday November 23, 2006 @03:59AM

Xenographic writes: "The US Copyright Office has just announced six new categories of works exempt from the DMCA's prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to the copyrighted works. This is good news for anyone stuck with old computer dongles or games for game consoles that are no longer available, blind people trying to read ebooks, those trying to unlock cellphones, media studies professors, and anyone who was struck by Sony's rootkit. The bad news is that the exceptions are exceedingly narrow due to their limited authority to grant exceptions. For example, the rootkit exception apparently only allows you to circumvent the access controls caused by a rootkit-laden CD, but not to circumvent any usage controls, nor to circumvent the exact same access controls were they on a DVD instead of a CD..."

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