No blocking in Boise either, I'm still seeing SYNs from all across the country. But the frequency has decreased significantly since yesterday afternoon. I suspect their only blocking in certain high-density service areas.
FBI agents installed the key logger system on Scarfo's computer after getting a search warrant allowing them to break into his Essex County business and look for a password that would unlock files they believed contained records of the illegal enterprise.
The defense argument is that the FBI should have gotten a warrant for a wire-tap instead (apparently much harder to obtain). In other words, either the FBI was simply lazy, or they didn't have enough evidence to begin with. The judge is probably wondering whether this "device" should properly be called a wire-tap in which case all the evidence from the computer will be tossed (note that IANAL).
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I sorta read that the same way, unfortunately it is contradicted by the AUP which says:
Examples of prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, and dhcp, and multi-user interactive forums.
AT&T Broadband does not allow servers to be connected to the cable modem. This means that no computer in a personal network can be used as a server.
They also say in their AUP that they don't spy on their customers and don't go out of their way to catch people. Essentially, if you're running a server that is *not* causing bandwidth problems for your neighbors, they won't come after you.
Yeah, I'm not sure about the business details, a few months ago we were informed that MediaOne was taking over all of AT&T's broadband here in Boise. I did some checking and found that MediaOne is essentially an AT&T subsidiary (they were/are the majority stockholder). I still get the same bill from the same address, only the name has changed. If you go to MediaOne's site (http://www.mediaone.com) you simply get redirected to the AT&T broadband page.
I'm connected through MediaOne (AT?T@Home) and I've not seen any evidence of blocking. The log has not shown a reduction in connection attempts since I first noticed something was happening Saturday afternoon, typically 1 to 4 attempts per minute. And, unlike what some others have reported, I've not seen any degradation in service. The continuous blinkin' lights are sortof annoying though.
answering terrifyingly punitive criminal charges for doing nothing more than what I have loved doing all my life.
I guess that is what has made me so angry about this whole nightmare. One of my earliest programs was a wrapper that trapped floppy I/O to defeat the copy protection on a game I owned (those 5-1/4" drives sure were slow). I had no intention of making copies of the game available to others, I simply wanted to see if I could figure out how to do it and learn something about interrupts and TSRs. What I did was not illegal at the time and the game's license agreement did not specifically prohibit what I did. It is not clear from reading the DMCA that it would be illegal now, but if I were to do something like that again I certainly wouldn't want to share it with anyone. Yep, sad, scary, and downright depressing. The next victim of the DMCA could just as easily be a naive 14 year old who's done nothing more than attempt to understand how his computer works.
Everyone should consider donating their tax refund to either the soon-to-be established defense fund or the EFF. CowboyNeal can go hungry for all I care.
As others have noted here, we must do what we can to keep the pressure on. Currently (6:30pm eastern) the Fox News site (www.foxnews.com) has a reference on their front page to the bail hearing. Big media companies like Fox keep track of their hits and visiting the link may help to convince Fox's producers to keep an eye on the story... just a thought.
The question is not whether he broke the law, he did.
Uhh supposedly, in the good old USofA, you're innocent until proven guilty (beyond a reasonable doubt). That is why we have trials, to determine "whether he broke the law".
Certainly the DEM could have a higher spatial resolution, but the images that were referenced in the article are all 30m Landsat. I was simply pointing out (and obviously didn't do it well) that the demo data everyone was seeing in the references was no better than the lowest resolution data used to create the pretty pictures.
However, the data products page (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/dataproducts.html) indicates that, "the final released SRTM DEM will be at 30 meters for the U.S. and at 90 meters for the rest of the world." The SRTM interferometer may be capable of a higher resolution, but those of us in the public sector won't be seeing that data anytime soon...
Yeah, I'm certainly not remembering things very well, I'm sure you are correct. I was contracted to JPL and ERIM to develop software using TOPSAR data in preparation for IFSAR (a DARPA project). Some of the people at JPL involved with IFSAR were also working on SIR-C. From where I sat everything appeared to be either for the military or from the military.
Actually, the original SRTM was flown back in 1994 (SIR-C and X-SAR) in an effort to update the military's DEMs. I never did hear what happened to that data (probably secret at the time). You can read a bit about it here:
With maps like this you could do some very very real full scale simulations of war.
Actually, DOD did just that when US troops were sent to Bosnia. I was working on the commercial development of IFSAR at the time and got to see some of the results. The AirForce did some pretty cool virtual terrain demos for bomb-run training. Looks like TEC still has some images out there: http://www.tec.army.mil/ctis/ctis_tec/ifsare.html
Oops, forgot to mention that JPL has something called TOPSAR that they've used for demo purposes. It is essentially the same thing as what flew on the shuttle but is mounted in a DC-8, bunches of images are here http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/airsar/topsar/
Since Landsat (the image that is overlaid on the radar data) is typically 30m, these data sets won't be any better than that. If I recall, the shuttle X-band only did 100m DEM post spacing (or maybe it was 150m) with a vertical RMS in the 20m range, er, something like that.
There are at least two commercial terrain mapping radar systems out there that can do much better. Star3i (formerly IFSARE) is now operated by Intermap (www.intermap.ca) and does 2.5m postings (Intermap may claim it does better, but I don't believe it). And, there is a new system that is currently being calibrated and may be producing data soon. In addition to X-band, GeoSAR has a P-band capability to "see" through trees, very cool (www.geosar.com).
Uhh, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? He may be charged with breaking the law, but until a jury says otherwise, he's not to be punished until it is proven (beyond doubt) that he broke the law.
And, in Federal cases, I "thought" there had to be a grand jury indictment before there was an arrest?
Why doesn't there seem to be any information available on Dmitry's legal status. Does anyone know whether he has representation. There was a note sent to one of the lists indicating that an announcement would be made yesterday, but I've not seen anything. At the very least, he shouldn't be in jail, he should be free on bond. He's not a freaking ax-murderer! Since when do the Feds keep white collar suspects in detention for more than a day or two without an arraignment or bond hearing?
And given the circumstances, what has Adobe done beyond issuing a press release to secure Sklyarov's release? Have their lawyers contacted the DOJ? I doubt it and I doubt it would do any good if they did.
The next best opportunity may be protests at Robert Mueller's confirmation hearings. Hopefully someone at EFF will be asked to testify if the noise outside is loud enough...
That's right, he *is* still in jail. I know absolutely nothing about Federal criminal law but I suspect they can keep him locked up for quite some time, charges or no. Once he is released, I hope Adobe walks the extra mile and does something nice for Dmitry.
Consider this too, how willing will the Feds be to arrest someone else in the future if they think that the complaining party will simply back-out after making a complaint? I seriously doubt that Adobe will try this again soon, "crying wolf" is not the best way to win friends at the FBI.
I sincerely hope that they do release him after/during the arraignment (or whatever the Feds call it). There are (will be) plenty of other opportunities to "test" the DMCA.
I once had both "The Mad Scientists Club", and "The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club". There may have been others, but those were the two I read.
As far as I know, there were only two books published. Each was a collection of stories about some guys who got together to do fun stuff. Like using a canoe to build a lake-monster to scare folks, building a rigid balloon (UFO) and flying it over town by remote control to frighten folks...stuff like that. Very humorous and very well written. The one where they haunted the haunted house was quite good as well.
That brings back some memories, those books inspired my interest in model rockets, lake monsters, hot-air balloons, ghads! Always kinda hoped someone would pick it up and make a movie or TV series, but something like that would never match the books. They were/are some of the best inspirational stories for kids.
Thanks for all your work all this time. Although the mirror has never been my first stop at Attrition (prefer "current news"), I've certainly appreciated the defacement stats. Still, especially with all the.cn related stuff lately, it was obvious to all the regular readers that many of our favorite bits weren't getting updated too frequently. I'm looking forward to more postal updates and movie reviews. Thanks again...
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No blocking in Boise either, I'm still seeing SYNs from all across the country. But the frequency has decreased significantly since yesterday afternoon. I suspect their only blocking in certain high-density service areas.
From USAToday:
FBI agents installed the key logger system on Scarfo's computer after getting a search warrant allowing them to break into his Essex County business and look for a password that would unlock files they believed contained records of the illegal enterprise.
The defense argument is that the FBI should have gotten a warrant for a wire-tap instead (apparently much harder to obtain). In other words, either the FBI was simply lazy, or they didn't have enough evidence to begin with. The judge is probably wondering whether this "device" should properly be called a wire-tap in which case all the evidence from the computer will be tossed (note that IANAL).
I sorta read that the same way, unfortunately it is contradicted by the AUP which says:
Examples of prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, running servers for mail, http, ftp, irc, and dhcp, and multi-user interactive forums.
Also, you'll find a Q&A that says:
AT&T Broadband does not allow servers to be connected to the cable modem. This means that no computer in a personal network can be used as a server.
They also say in their AUP that they don't spy on their customers and don't go out of their way to catch people. Essentially, if you're running a server that is *not* causing bandwidth problems for your neighbors, they won't come after you.
Yeah, I'm not sure about the business details, a few months ago we were informed that MediaOne was taking over all of AT&T's broadband here in Boise. I did some checking and found that MediaOne is essentially an AT&T subsidiary (they were/are the majority stockholder). I still get the same bill from the same address, only the name has changed. If you go to MediaOne's site (http://www.mediaone.com) you simply get redirected to the AT&T broadband page.
I'm connected through MediaOne (AT?T@Home) and I've not seen any evidence of blocking. The log has not shown a reduction in connection attempts since I first noticed something was happening Saturday afternoon, typically 1 to 4 attempts per minute. And, unlike what some others have reported, I've not seen any degradation in service. The continuous blinkin' lights are sortof annoying though.
answering terrifyingly punitive criminal charges for doing nothing more than what I have loved doing all my life.
I guess that is what has made me so angry about this whole nightmare. One of my earliest programs was a wrapper that trapped floppy I/O to defeat the copy protection on a game I owned (those 5-1/4" drives sure were slow). I had no intention of making copies of the game available to others, I simply wanted to see if I could figure out how to do it and learn something about interrupts and TSRs. What I did was not illegal at the time and the game's license agreement did not specifically prohibit what I did. It is not clear from reading the DMCA that it would be illegal now, but if I were to do something like that again I certainly wouldn't want to share it with anyone. Yep, sad, scary, and downright depressing. The next victim of the DMCA could just as easily be a naive 14 year old who's done nothing more than attempt to understand how his computer works.
Everyone should consider donating their tax refund to either the soon-to-be established defense fund or the EFF. CowboyNeal can go hungry for all I care.
Until there is no longer a prosecution hanging over his head, I doubt he'll be talking to anyone except his lawyer...wouldn't be prudent.
As others have noted here, we must do what we can to keep the pressure on. Currently (6:30pm eastern) the Fox News site (www.foxnews.com) has a reference on their front page to the bail hearing. Big media companies like Fox keep track of their hits and visiting the link may help to convince Fox's producers to keep an eye on the story... just a thought.
The question is not whether he broke the law, he did.
Uhh supposedly, in the good old USofA, you're innocent until proven guilty (beyond a reasonable doubt). That is why we have trials, to determine "whether he broke the law" .
If the bail was $50,000 and they paid it all, there is no bondsman.
is *completely* irrelevant
Certainly the DEM could have a higher spatial resolution, but the images that were referenced in the article are all 30m Landsat. I was simply pointing out (and obviously didn't do it well) that the demo data everyone was seeing in the references was no better than the lowest resolution data used to create the pretty pictures.
However, the data products page (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/dataproducts.html) indicates that, "the final released SRTM DEM will be at 30 meters for the U.S. and at 90 meters for the rest of the world." The SRTM interferometer may be capable of a higher resolution, but those of us in the public sector won't be seeing that data anytime soon...
Yeah, I'm certainly not remembering things very well, I'm sure you are correct. I was contracted to JPL and ERIM to develop software using TOPSAR data in preparation for IFSAR (a DARPA project). Some of the people at JPL involved with IFSAR were also working on SIR-C. From where I sat everything appeared to be either for the military or from the military.
Actually, the original SRTM was flown back in 1994 (SIR-C and X-SAR) in an effort to update the military's DEMs. I never did hear what happened to that data (probably secret at the time). You can read a bit about it here:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/srtm/spareparts.html
With maps like this you could do some very very real full scale simulations of war.
Actually, DOD did just that when US troops were sent to Bosnia. I was working on the commercial development of IFSAR at the time and got to see some of the results. The AirForce did some pretty cool virtual terrain demos for bomb-run training. Looks like TEC still has some images out there: http://www.tec.army.mil/ctis/ctis_tec/ifsare.html
Oops, forgot to mention that JPL has something called TOPSAR that they've used for demo purposes. It is essentially the same thing as what flew on the shuttle but is mounted in a DC-8, bunches of images are here http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/airsar/topsar/
Since Landsat (the image that is overlaid on the radar data) is typically 30m, these data sets won't be any better than that. If I recall, the shuttle X-band only did 100m DEM post spacing (or maybe it was 150m) with a vertical RMS in the 20m range, er, something like that.
There are at least two commercial terrain mapping radar systems out there that can do much better. Star3i (formerly IFSARE) is now operated by Intermap (www.intermap.ca) and does 2.5m postings (Intermap may claim it does better, but I don't believe it). And, there is a new system that is currently being calibrated and may be producing data soon. In addition to X-band, GeoSAR has a P-band capability to "see" through trees, very cool (www.geosar.com).
Uhh, what happened to innocent until proven guilty? He may be charged with breaking the law, but until a jury says otherwise, he's not to be punished until it is proven (beyond doubt) that he broke the law.
And, in Federal cases, I "thought" there had to be a grand jury indictment before there was an arrest?
Why doesn't there seem to be any information available on Dmitry's legal status. Does anyone know whether he has representation. There was a note sent to one of the lists indicating that an announcement would be made yesterday, but I've not seen anything. At the very least, he shouldn't be in jail, he should be free on bond. He's not a freaking ax-murderer! Since when do the Feds keep white collar suspects in detention for more than a day or two without an arraignment or bond hearing?
And given the circumstances, what has Adobe done beyond issuing a press release to secure Sklyarov's release? Have their lawyers contacted the DOJ? I doubt it and I doubt it would do any good if they did.
The next best opportunity may be protests at Robert Mueller's confirmation hearings. Hopefully someone at EFF will be asked to testify if the noise outside is loud enough...
That's right, he *is* still in jail. I know absolutely nothing about Federal criminal law but I suspect they can keep him locked up for quite some time, charges or no. Once he is released, I hope Adobe walks the extra mile and does something nice for Dmitry.
Consider this too, how willing will the Feds be to arrest someone else in the future if they think that the complaining party will simply back-out after making a complaint? I seriously doubt that Adobe will try this again soon, "crying wolf" is not the best way to win friends at the FBI.
I sincerely hope that they do release him after/during the arraignment (or whatever the Feds call it). There are (will be) plenty of other opportunities to "test" the DMCA.
Pravda has a story which might be of interest:
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http://english.pravda.ru/usa/2001/07/18/10431.htm
I once had both "The Mad Scientists Club", and "The New Adventures of the Mad Scientists' Club". There may have been others, but those were the two I read.
As far as I know, there were only two books published. Each was a collection of stories about some guys who got together to do fun stuff. Like using a canoe to build a lake-monster to scare folks, building a rigid balloon (UFO) and flying it over town by remote control to frighten folks...stuff like that. Very humorous and very well written. The one where they haunted the haunted house was quite good as well.
That brings back some memories, those books inspired my interest in model rockets, lake monsters, hot-air balloons, ghads! Always kinda hoped someone would pick it up and make a movie or TV series, but something like that would never match the books. They were/are some of the best inspirational stories for kids.
Thanks for all your work all this time. Although the mirror has never been my first stop at Attrition (prefer "current news"), I've certainly appreciated the defacement stats. Still, especially with all the .cn related stuff lately, it was obvious to all the regular readers that many of our favorite bits weren't getting updated too frequently. I'm looking forward to more postal updates and movie reviews. Thanks again...