Network World columns

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2003

See "Edited" for the version that ran in the paper.

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• 2003-01-06: Looking forward by looking backward ( p 24) Edited

Little real change predicted for 2003.

• 2003-01-13: Building security by making holes ( p 18 ) Edited

What you need to toss to get good security. 

• 2003-01-20: No Internet in here? ( p 24 ) Edited

Microsoft's and Sony's vision for an Internet-free future.

• 2003-01-27:Discussing the truth ( p 30 ) Edited

Network Associates attempt to block discussing bad software.

• 2003-02-03: Familiar welcome to the new year ( p 24 ) Edited

The Slammer worm hits.

• 2003-02-10: Doing better than Andy ( p 22 ) Edited

More on the Slammer Worm.

• 2003-02-17: Mission accomplished? ( p 24 ) Edited

Intuit's copy protection stupidity.

• 2003-02-24: Is it tea time again? ( p 28 ) Edited

Internet taxes are on the way.

• 2003-03-03: Making the worst of a bad situation ( p 24 ) Edited

Banks overreacting to a security problem.

• 2003-03-10: Eventually a floor? ( p 28 ) Edited

The HIPAA security regulations.

• 2003-03-17 In the end, it's the end that counts ( p24 ) Edited

The importance of the end-to-end principle.

• 2003-03-24: A view from too near ( p 22 ) Edited

Evaluating the value of the IETF.

• 2003-03-31: A green light, but will congress see it? ( p 22 ) Edited

Applying a legal ruling on junk FAX to spam.

• 2003-04-07: Bad law or really bad law? ( p 26 ) Edited

A very bad bill trying to protect copyright.

• 2003-04-14: Free internet: a 5 minute walk? ( p 24 ) Edited

WiFi in New York City.

• 2003-04-21: Building the new on the bones of the old ( p 26 ) Edited

Turning pay phones into WiFi access points.

• 2003-04-28: Until the net is fast enough? ( p 32 ) Edited

Burn to order software CDs.

• 2003-05-05: Of tools and weapons ( p 24 ) Edited

A Grokster legal decision.

• 2003-05-12: Saving the music biz? ( p 26 ) Edited

Apple's iTunes music service.

• 2003-05-19: I expect it would get Bill's attention ( p 24 ) Edited

Security problems in Microsoft software.

• 2003-05-26: Slime for sale ( p 25) Edited

SCO's suing IBM over Linux

• 2003-06-02: Saved by bad movies? ( p 30 ) Edited

Telcos dreaming about video on demand. 

• 2003-06-09: Singing the same old song? ( p 28 ) Edited

Sprint reissuing an ATM press release.

• 2003-06-16: Non-numeric numbers ( p 28 ) Edited

Number portability turns phone numbers into names.

• 2003-06-23: Reading into the FCC's 'Net access stats ( p 30 ) Edited

The FCC's very misleading statistics about Internet access.

• 2003-06-30: RFP: Omniscience Protocol ( p28 ) Edited

Requirements for software to support Senator Hatch's copyright protection efforts.

• 2003-07-07: The usefulness of 'do not' signs ( p 20 ) Edited

The do-not-call list.

• 2003-07-14: I don't want you to be me ( p 20 ) Edited

Identity theft.

• 2003-07-21: Will there be a next generation network? ( p 26 ) Edited

The ITU-T's Next Generation Network effoty.

• 2003-07-28: A modest security proposal ( p 24 ) Edited

Give up & let the cops know what you are doing at all times.

• 2003-08-04: "Go-Away," he explained ( p ) Edited

Maryland's effort to destroy safe elections.

• 2003-08-11: More of life under observation ( p 22 ) Edited

Wiretapping the Internet.

• 2003-08-18: Is the allure of copper fading? ( p 22 ) Edited

The move to cell-phone-only subscribers.

• 2003-08-25: Protecting the public from innovation ( p 34 ) Edited

Minnesota trying to block VoIP.

• 2003-09-01: More than full employment for lawyers? ( p 22 ) Edited

The FCC rules for facility sharing as lawyer bait.

• 2003-09-08: Is the battle joined? ( p ) Edited

Efforts to create anti-spam law.

• 2003-09-15: So why isn't it wireless? ( p 24 ) Edited

Everything is moving to wireless.

• 2003-09-22: Can AT&T learn to be stupid? ( p20 ) Edited

AT&T thinking that content-aware networks will be useful.

• 2003-09-29: Priorities: Greed before a functioning Internet ( p 28 ) Edited

Verisign's redirecting mistyped domain names.

• 2003-10-06: Blow-by-blow coverage ( p 28 ) Edited

Internet-based coverage of sports.

• 2003-10-13: When is an abomination a service? ( p 28 ) Edited

The press coverage of Verisign's redirecting mistyped domain names.

• 2003-10-20: Reach for the stupid juice ( p 28 ) Edited

Trying to use the DMCA to stop the news that SunnCom's CD protection is very easily circumvented.

• 2003-10-27: What are regulators good for? ( p 28 ) Edited

Do regulators have any useful role in the world?

• 2003-11-03: Miscounting and misunderstanding addresses ( p 26 ) Edited

A very flawed BBC report on Internet addresses.

• 2003-11-10: A different Big Mac index ( p 32 ) Edited

The Apple-based supercomputer.

• 2003-11-17: Protecting against the Internet ( p 24 ) Edited

The FCC approving the Broadcast Flag.

• 2003-11-24: Is Skype the, an, or no answer? ( p 22 ) Edited

Will the Skype VoIP service be important?

• 2003-12-01: Utopia, except for phone companies ( p 26 ) Edited

Fiber data networks deployed by cities & towns.

• 2003-12-08: The real meaning of CAN-SPAM ( p 30 ) Edited

The CAN-SPAM act gives a go-ahead to spammers.

• 2003-12-15: Rejecting shopping accounts ( p 24 ) Edited

Internet shopping sites that force you to set up an account if you want to buy anything.