Network World columns

2011

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

2011-01-18: The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF): Unfinished Business Edited

The IETF at 25.

2011-02-01: How long would your business last without the Internet? Edited

Egypt turns off the Internet.

2011-02-15: Playing with our money: The FCC and the Universal Service Fund Edited

The FCC directs the use of the Universal Service Fund.

2011-02-28: Lighting the dark: do you have to make your application tapable? Edited

The FBI wants your help.

2011-03-14: Eyes in their ankles - the congressional view of network neutrality Edited

Congress can not see what uses the Internet.

2011-03-28: Ensuring mistrust - companies not coming clean on problems Edited

RSA not telling its customers how bad things are for them.

2011-04-13: Epsilon breach: when should almost public info be private? Edited

When sould you worry about disclosing lists of email addresses?

2011-05-02: 25 years of communications: from anything-but-IP to all-IP Edited

Network World at 25.

2011-05-18: India: Data privacy: yes, adults: no, Internet privacy: no Edited

India does not trust the Internet or Internet users.

2011-05-31: RSA: maximizing customer harm Edited

RSA is screwing its customers.

2011-06-13: Apple's cumulonimbus vision Edited

Apple's high flying vision of cloud computing.

2011-07-12: Cyber war and cyber isolationism Edited

Retaliation in a cyber war.

2011-08-03: PSTN: Ending the copper lifeline Edited

The FCC is being asked to put an end to the old telephone system.

2011-08-15: Smartphones and corporate websites, a required match Edited

Your corporate website better support small portable devices.

2011-09-06: HP (again) shows us how not to do it Edited

HP shows how clueless it can be and it is quite clueless.

2011-09-20: Internet Privacy: cookies as a weapon Edited

European rules on cookies will soon be real.

2011-10-03: Clarifying the rules for government Edited

Modern technology has had a significant impact on the ability for government to intrude on our lives. Can logic be applied to limits?

2011-10-17: Breach reporting: now companies have to Edited

New SEC guidance means companies must publicly report data breaches, even when they might not have to under state laws.

2011-11-01: The UN, copyright extremism and you Edited

The United Nations now has a proposal to take over the Internet -- how bad could that be? Look at the House E-PARASITE bill to see.

2011-11-15: GPS on the run? Edited

Supreme Court may be about to limit what government can do to invade your privacy.

2011-12-20: The Internet, escaped the ax, at least in the US, at least for now Edited

But the Internet as we have grown to know it remains under relentless attack