Bulletin Board
I just want to pass on several items which have come to me over the past week that might be of interest to you.
I am thinking of starting a periodic "newsletter" in which I'll moderate subjects and post queries, responses and information for your review. I'll be editing for content, clarity, and language. It will not be a daily item. I will be including the e-mail address of contributors, so responses can be either general or to an individual. I will reserve all rights to what goes on and what doesn't.
To post an item, send it to
dbugman@dbugman.com and list the subject as BULLETIN BOARD.
If you don't want it posted, leave your e-mail address off; nothing anonymous.
I'll be handling flames and negative comments; THEY AREN'T WELCOME.
Give it a try and let me know what you think of it.
Tim Johnson
Robert Dent wrote:
I am writing you this to inform you of a very important matter currently under review by the FCC. Your local telephone company has filed a proposal with the FCC to impose per minute charges for your internet service. They contend that your usage has or will hinder the operation of the telephone network.
It is my belief that internet usage will diminish if users were required to pay additional per minute charges. The FCC has created an email box for your comments, responses must be received by February 13, 1997. Send your comments to isp@fcc.gov and tell them what you think.
Every phone company is in on this one, and they are trying to sneak it in just under the wire for litiagation. Let everyone you know here this one. Get the e-mail address to everyone you can think of.
isp@fcc.gov
Please forward this email to all your friends on the internet so all our voices may be heard!
Just passing it along...
Robert Dent -Region 27 /ORE
E-Mail:
language@empnet.com
http://www.survival-spanish.com
Moderators Comments: I have mixed emotions over this. I wish there was some way to charge those who sign on and don't drop off; they are "space hogs" and are one of the reasons AOLK had the problems it did. On the other hand, for those of us who go on line, read our mail, surf the net and get off with only 1 to 2 hours total on line, why should we be penalized to the same degree. Maybe Big Brother can come up with a "time cop" and charge the user accordingly. AMUG has a fairly good system, we can get up to 1.5 hours a day if we are on Preferred, 45 minutes if not. To get the 45 minutes, we have to sign back on the other option available to us after we time out.
Comments are welcomed and the results will be posted. Keep it as brief as possible.
Tim
TEMPEST, Van Eck, computer emenations, et al.
Comments regarding these phenomenons will be the opening area of comment.
Basicall, comments have been going back and forth regarding the possibilities of this occuring and the possibility of recovering information.
It is a potential threat. Van Eck wrote about in (I believe) 1983 or 1985. He put together some equipment that could "read": the emenations from your computer screen as you was typing. IT WORKS!! Believe me.
I noted the phenomenon back in the 70's when I watched the display of information as it was uploaded to a computer monitor while doing a sweep in a classified government area. I couldn't read it, but I easily determined what it was and the terminal at which it was coming from. I was using a specially modified Tektronic 491 spectrum analyzer at the time. Later on, we used the output from a receiver and routed it through other equipment to get a display of data. Of course, OSI operating on a shoe string budget couldn't afford the expensive equipment now available, so the tech agents improvised. Surprising what you can do with almost nothing when you are told it can't be done in the first place.
To the best of my knowledge, that was one of the first (if not the first) incident in which that activity was noted and the potential threat discussed. Shortly afterward, it was possible to "read" information in real time. (Anything is possible once it is decided what is to be done and who will be doing it).
Anyhow, I'll be glad to post comments regarding computer monitoring, etc. Again, keep them brief.
Tim Johnson
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Tim Johnson