1995-10-02 Sender: “Simon G. Trask” <•••@••.•••> New domain name registrants pay $100 upfront to cover two years’ maintenance at $50 per year; after that, billing is on a yearly basis. Existing domain name holders pay annually from the outset. Further information on the background and procedures re charging is available at the following URLs: http://rs.internic.net/nsf/fee-narrative.html … Read more…
1995-10-02 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) Please repost as appropriate ============================ Announcing: The first evening meeting of the Palo Alto Community Network Topic: CREATING DEMOCRACY A Plan for Palo Alto’s Electronic Communities Speaker: Marilyn Davis, Ph.D. Palo Alto Resident and Developer of eVote When: OCTOBER 10 — Tuesday, 7:30 pm Where: Palo Alto Cultural Center Auditorium … Read more…
1995-10-02 Sender: Tim Scanlon <•••@••.•••> What follows are in depth, serious directions on how to be totaly sure your data is cleaned off of your system if you are making the choice to wipe the data out. The standards I describe deal with the state of the art, and adeqate precautions under all circumstances. I … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: •••@••.••• (Michael Boyle) Hello everyone, The final report of the Information Highway Advisory Council, the group given the task of looking in to issues surrounding electronic communications here in Canada, was released yesterday. The document was released simultaneously live and on the net at 8:30 am, Wednesday September 27, 1995. If you’re interested, … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> The debate between several people about deregulation and monopolies is interesting, but flawed. Everyone seems to forget that monopolies are not *supernatural beings* but human artefacts, which you can use and discard, allow or forbid according to need. Nearly every country in the world has had a telephone monopoly at … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> Arun, Your post on e-vote was very informative. Some conclusions I draw from it: 1. Electronic voting schemes are far from safe as they are. Much better security and understanding of the processes involved is necessary. 2. Using them for electing people is asking for trouble: the incentive for cheating … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) > Pac Bell & GTE, by the way, are applying for “rate relief” under a >> _regulatory_ system. That’s the problem with regulation, that the process >> is dominated by mega corporations — a solution is needed, but it’s not to >> give them a free reign (:>). >> Here … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: •••@••.••• (Don Porter) On Sep 28, 1995 01:16:52, ‘Cyber Rights <•••@••.•••>’ wrote: >I was told yesterday that InterNIC will now be charging $50 per year per domain >name. I just attempted to learn more at their website, but it timed out. It’s true, Steve, they are charging $50 for domain names now. In … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: “T. Bruce Tober” <•••@••.•••> In your message dated Thursday 28, September 1995, Karl Long <•••@••.•••> wrote : > When a magnetic record such as on a hard disk is overwritten with new > data, a residual trace of the previous data still exists. With the Correct. > right equipment and skill in its … Read more…
1995-09-29 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Guntheroth) >Sender: •••@••.••• (Allen L Marshall) >1. The question: > How effective do you think government measures against encryption >(The Clipper Chip, the EuroCouncil’s recent legislation, etc.) will be >against encrypted messages. The Internet seems to teach one thing: There >is always another way to do it. Would this not be … Read more…