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[Paul Vixie <paul () vix com>]

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/07/1755230

        "To counter P2P programs that encrypt their traffic to evade
        detection, Rogers Cable in Canada has apparently started degrading all
        encrypted IP traffic, according to a post on Michael Geist's blog. How
        many of you log in to work over a VPN or ssh-tunnel? How many get
        usenet news or email over an encrypted connection? This could be a
        problem for Rogers Cable customers. Geist, who teaches at U of Ottawa,
        has 'been advised that the University computer help desk has received
        a steady stream of complaints from Rogers customers about off-campus
        email service.'"

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/08/1528217

        "Mike Elgan argues that the the real reason that cell phones calls are
        not allowed is fear of crowd control problems if calls are allowed
        during flight. Also, the airlines like keeping passengers ignorant
        about ground conditions. The two public reasons, interference with
        other systems, could easily be tested, but neither the FAA nor the FCC
        manage to do such testing."

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/04/09/1553205

        "HNS has an article about the Sdbot and Gaobot families which are
        responsible for most botnets worldwide. These two families were
        responsible for 80 percent of detections related to bots during the
        first quarter of 2007. Other culprits, although on a much lesser
        scale, included Oscarbot, IRCbot or RXbot."
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