Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Internet Safety Act: Rashomon in real time? From what you read in the trade press and blogosphere, you would think that Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Lamar Smith have decided to use the excuse of fighting child pornography to attack the Internet itself. The State of Spam 2009, Part 4 Jamie de Guerre, CTO of Cloudmark, talks about the latest anti-spam technologies coming out of Cloudmark's research labs. The state of spam 2009, Part 3 Cloudmark CTO Jamie de Guerre continues his response to the question of what has changed in the battle against spam in the last year, discussing free content-hosting services, compromised accounts at Webmail providers and new-media spam. The state of spam 2009, Part 2 Cloudmark CTO Jamie de Guerre: I think there have been several changes and a couple of events that happened in the past year that are interesting and will have an effect on how spam is sent in the coming year. The state of spam 2009, Part 1 Spam - not SPAM the luncheon meat (and you have GOT to visit the official SPAM Web site, which plays like a parody the Monty Python crew might have dreamed up) - is a dreadful nuisance, with estimates that 95% of all e-mail in the world now consists of rubbish. Periodically I look into the state of the spam to see how the war is going. Controversial Einstein systems to inspect U.S. government's Internet traffic The largest U.S. carriers -- including AT&T, Qwest and Sprint -- are deploying special-purpose, intrusion-detection systems dubbed Einstein boxes in their networks as part of... Are We Already Losing the Cyber War? Wouldn't it be great to read on Xinhua, the Chinese news agency, reports that American cyber spies have penetrated the Chinese electric grid and may have left software behind that would allow Washington to plunge the People's Republic into darkness? Government, military officials at RSA warn of cyber-threats Cybercrime and military cyber-defense plans were aired by U.S. government officials during the RSA Conference yesterday. Prevent intrusions: What to look for In the Buying Tips section of our Product Guide, find 15 questions to ask about IPS before you buy one. April giveaways galore Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet are giving away training courses from Global Knowledge, valued at $2,995 and $3,495, and have copies of three hot books up for grabs: CCVP CIPT2 Quick Reference by Anthony Sequeira, Microsoft Voice Unified Communications by Joe Schurman and Microsoft Office 2007 On Demand by Steve Johnson. Deadline for entries April 30. Network World on Twitter Get our tweets and stay plugged in to networking news. |
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