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%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%%%%AoT%% Editor: Chris Cappuccio (ccappuc@caticsuf.cati.CSUFresno.EDU) Archivist: David Mitchell, Sysop, Live Wire BBS +1 313 464 1470 [AoT Digest] Contents #2 (Tues, August 4th, 1992) Article 1: Gateway/WINDO Action Notice Article 2: PCBoard Systems Active on the Usenet Article 3: Jerusalem virus part 2 (CVP) Article 4: 2600 Announcement Article 5: Encrypted Communications Article 6: NNTP 1.6 Client Kit Released Article 7: Linux 0.97 Released Article 8: Bellcore/Purdue Software Reliability Workshop The Art of Technology Digest is distributed in the following ways: E-MAIL: Send e-mail to ccappuc@caticsuf.cati.CSUFresno.EDU and then put in the letter, "Please add my E-Mail address to the mailing list." and you MUST include the maximum number of lines/bytes your site will accept in a single e-mail message. If you are not sure about this, ask your system operator. You can also include any comments or anything else you want, including an article submission. BBS: Call +1 313 464 1470, Live Wire BBS. This system maintains a complete collection of AoT Digest. Speeds are 12oo/24oo/HST-96oo/HST-14,4oo The Art of Technology Digest is an open forum dedicated to sharing information among computerists and to the presentation and debate of diverse views. AoT-D material may be reprinted as long as the source is cited. Some authors do copyright their material, and they should be contacted for reprint permission. It is assumed that non-personal mail at the moderators may be reprinted unless otherwise specified. Readers are encouraged to submit reasoned articles relating to computer culture and communication. Articles are preferred to short responses. Please avoid quoting previous posts unless absolutely necessary. All articles for submission should be sent to: ccappuc@caticsuf.cati.CSUFresno.EDU DISCLAIMER: The views represented herein do not necessarily represent the views of the moderators. Digest contributors assume all responsibility for ensuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright protections. Bureaucracy: noun, plural - Bureaucracies. The process of turning energy into solid waste. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: July 29, 1992 From: chris@essential.org (Chris Lewis) Subject: Article 1--Gateway/WINDO Action Notice GATEWAY/WINDO Action Notice: ALERT! ALERT! ALERT! The Congress is running out of time to consider S. 2813, the GPO Gateway to Government, and H.R. 2772, the GPO Wide Information Network for Data Online (WINDO), legislation this year. These bills would provide for single point on-line access to government information through the Government Printing Office (GPO). The House Committee on Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration will likely meet to mark up these bills before the scheduled August 13 congressional recess. It is critical that members of these committees, and their staffs, hear from supporters of the legislation over the next two weeks if these bills are to pass the Congress this year. Phone calls to members and their staff are most needed, but written letters are appropriate as well. All communication should emphasize the need for expanded public access to federal data bases and the simple and efficient good government approach incorporated in these two bills. Members of congress can be reached by phone through the Capitol switchboard at 202/224-3121. Mail to Senators should be addressed: The Honorable ______, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510. Mail to Congressmen/women should be addressed: The Honorable _______, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. Members of the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives are: Charlie Rose, NC Bill Thomas, CA Frank Annunzio, IL William Dickinson, AL Joseph Gaydos, PA Newt Gingrich, GA Leon Panetta, CA Pat Roberts, KS Al Swift, WA Paul Gilmor, OH Mary Rose Oakar, OH James Walsh, NY Bill Clay, MO Mickey Edwards, OK Sam Gejdenson, CT Bob Livingston, LA Joe Kolter, PA Bill Barrett, NE Martin Frost, TX Tom Manton, NY Marty Russo, IL Steny Hoyer, MD Gerald Kleczka, WI Dale Kildee, MI Members of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate are: Wendell Ford, KY Ted Stevens, AK Claiborne Pell, RI Mark Hatfield, OR Robert Bryd, WV Jesse Helms, NC Daniel Inouye, HI John Warner, VA Dennis DeConcini, AZ Bob Dole, KS Al Gore, TN Jake Garn, UT Daniel Moynihan, NY Mitch McConnell, KY Christopher Dodd, CT Brock Adams, WA Note: If you need copies of the legislation and a fact sheet, send an email message to love@essential.org. [Moderator's note: The legislation and fact sheet mentioned above are also available on the CPSR file server. Send one of the following to listserv@gwuvm.gwu.edu, in the text of e-mail: GET HR2772 BILL (for the GPO WINDO bill) GET S2813 BILL (for the GPO Gateway to Government bill) GET GATEWAY FACTS (for the fact sheet about both bills) -peh] -- Chris Lewis voice: 202/387-8030 Director, Washington Office fax: 202/234-5176 Taxpayer Assets Project internet: chris@essential.org P.O. Box 19367 Washington, DC 20036 ------------------------------ Subject: Article 2--PCBoard Systems Active on the Usenet From: mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us (Mike Batchelor) Date: Sun, 26 Jul 92 20:54:31 PDT Filename: pcb-net.lst Last revised: 26 Jul 1992 By: Mike Batchelor <mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us> PCBoard Systems Active on the Usenet ==================================== Send corrections and additions to mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us. Please use the format of this file as a template for your submission or correction. This file may be requested from mailserv@batpad.lgb.ca.us by sending the command "GET pcb-net.lst" in the subject or body of the message. Systems listed (18) [ acc1bbs almac bville cccbbs channel1 chaos ] [ cutting digund ehbbs execnet factory grapevine ] [ madness matrix pcb satalink satlink spacebbs ] $$ indicates subscription required $- indicates subscription with free access option -- indicates no charge for access ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == Telephone #s System Location Speed/Modem Hours $$ ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 205-323-2016 matrix.sbs.com Birmingham, up to 14400 24 hrs $$ 205 323-6016 AL USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: The MATRIX Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Rocky Rawlins <rocky.rawlins@matrix.sbs.com> 15 nodes, 5 gigabyte, 12 CDs online, over 60,000 PD files, over 40,000 adult GIFS, echoing Ilink, Metronet, Throbnet, AfterDark and Internet. Home Support System for Esterian Conquest and ASCENT. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 212-274-8110 factory.com New York up to 14400 0600-0500 $$ 212-274-8390 NY USA V.32bis daily 212-274-8298 Hayes-V CSP BBS Name: The Invention Factory Gateway: uuPCB BBS location: New York, NY USA Sysop & address: Michael Sussel <michael.sussell@factory.com> Full feed of Usenet newgroups. Also carry full feed of Ilink. Smartnet e-mail as well. Over seven gigabytes of shareware. QwikMail and CamMail doors. The quiet bbs GIANT! ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 215-364-3324 satalink.com Huntingdon Valley, up to 19200 24hrs $$ PA USA V.32bis daily CSP PEP BBS Name: Satalink Information Systems BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Ron Brandt <ron.brandt@satalink.com> 2.5 Gigs online, 1,500 Conferences from Ilink, RelayNet, Fidonet (1:273/203), Smartnet, Usenet & Internet. 14 Lines, Home of Delaware Valley ComputerUser & The 215 AREA BBS LIST. Visa/MC ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 310-494-8084 pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us Long Beach, 2400-14400 0600-0500 -- CA USA V.32bis daily BBS Name: The Batchelor Pad PCBoard Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Mike Batchelor <mike@batpad.lgb.ca.us> Full newsfeed, Rosemail & MarkMail QWK doors, mailserv@batpad.lgb.ca.us has QWK readers for Mac, Atari, Amiga, DOS, UNIX, CP/M, plus many UNIX utils for PC's (also available on-line). Waffle BBS 2nd node (by request only). ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 401-848-9069 madness.network23.com Middletown, up to 14400 24 hrs -- 401-847-4902 RI USA V.32bis daily BBS Name: Terminal Madness BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Chris Mathis <chris.mathis@madness.network23.com> Terminal Madness BBS, TWO High Speed Nodes! 14400 bps! USENET!! CD-ROM with over 11,000 files up for download! OVER 600 MEG! Door games, and QWK Door! Multi node chat! Totaly FREE! ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 415-323-4193 spacebbs.com Menlo Park, up to 19200 24hrs $- 415-323-4197 CA USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: SPACE BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Owen Hawkins <owen.hawkins@spacebbs.com> 10-Node PC Board BBS with 40,000+ files & GIFS plus several cd-roms including PC-SIG. Dailt WX and Stock market indicies, plus databases for Vendors, Movies, etc. 60 Day free access. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 416-283-0114 bville.gts.org Toronto, up to 14400 24 hrs $$ 416-283-6059 r-node.gts.org!bville Ontario, Canada V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: Baudeville BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Ian Evans <ian.evans@bville.gts.org> Over 2000 conferences (1200+ newsgroups), 1.3 gig of files, RIME, Intelec, Medianet, Nanet, City2City, Throbnet, Echonet, Fidonet (1:250/304), Usenet. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 501-985-0059 chaos.lrk.ar.us Jacksonville, up to 14400 24 hrs -- AR USA HST daily BBS Name: The Courts of Chaos Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Dave Williams <dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us> PCBoard 14.5, CD-ROM, technically oriented, RIME, Internet, Throbnet, Markmail QWK door, no subscriptions or fees, full access on first call ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 501-753-8121 grapevine.lrk.ar.us N. Little Rock, up to 14400 24 hrs $- 501-791-0124 AR USA V.32bis HST daily CSP BBS Name: The GrapeVine / Ferret Face BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Jim Wenzel <jim.wenzel@grapevine.lrk.ar.us> 3.2 gigs hard drive, 3 cd-roms, 3 .qwk doors, online store, RIME, ThrobNet, MediaNet, FORTHNET and UseNet, IBM, AMIGA, large programming area, huge adult area. over 30,000 files online. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 513-752-1055 cccbbs.uucp Batavia, up to 14400 24hrs $$ 513-752-8248 uceng.uc.edu!cccbbs OH USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: Cincinnati Computer Connection Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Bob Emerson <cccbbs!bob.emerson@uceng.uc.edu> 5 Gigs Adult areas with 1000's of Gifs. Many online games. Usenet access. 13 nodes and more coming soon!! ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 617-354-8873 channel1.com Cambridge, up to 19200 24 hrs $$ 617-354-5776 uunet.uu.net!channel1 MA USA V.32bis HST daily 617-354-3137 uupsi.com!channel1 CSP PEP MIC BBS Name: Channel 1 Gateway: PCB/Usenet Gateway from Sparkware & uuPCB Sysop & address: Brian Miller/Tess Heder <sysop@channel1.com> 85 lines; hi-speed LAN; 12 gigs HD; 2500 conferences; 75 online games; RIME/ILink/Smartnet echonets; Internet mail; full USENET newsfeed; 75,000 IBM/Mac/Amiga/Unix files; online shopping, etc ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 713-466-1525 cutting.hou.tx.us Houston, up to 14400 24 hrs -- TX USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: The Cutting Edge Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: David Bonds <David.Bonds@cutting.hou.tx.us> City2City and TexasNet networks, 300 megs, two sysops, Markmail and QMail doors for QWKs, over 100 Usenet areas ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 713-997-7575 ehbbs.hou.tx.us Houston, TX USA up to 14400 24hrs $$ 713-997-7576 uunet!nuchat!ehbbs TX USA V.32bis HST daily (Soon changing!) BBS Name: Ed Hopper's BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Ed Hopper <ed.hopper@ehbbs.hou.tx.us> Home board for uuPCB. Markmail and Rosemail QWK Doors, CD ROM's for additional 660 MB of shareware. ILink, U'NI-net/US networks plus Usenet. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 812-941-9427 digund.com (none given), up to 14400 24 hrs $$ digund.uucp IN USA V.32bis daily %digund@coplex.com BBS Name: Digital Underground Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Chris Nalley <copernicus%digund@coplex.com> Fidonet node 1:2320/150, 1.5 GIG, Generally Private system. ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 914-654-1981 %acc1bbs@ssr.com New Rochelle, up to 14400 24 hrs -- 914-654-0721 NY USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Skip Ross <skip.ross%acc1bbs@ssr.com> Offering Qmail door, no file ratios, no charges for newsgroups or message bases. Everything is free at ACC BBS, no hidden charges! ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == 914-667-4567 execnet.com Mount Vernon, up to 14400 24 hrs $$ 914-667-4066 NT USA V.32bis HST daily BBS Name: The Executive Network Information System Gateway: PCB/Usenet Gateway from Sparkware Sysop & address: Andy Keeves <andy.keeves@execnet.com> International Hub of ILink(sm); Technical Databases; 50,000+ files available; voice support; full newsfeed; outbound fax gateway; daily news publications; 1992 Olympic coverage ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == +44 almac.co.uk Grangemouth, up to 14400 24 hrs $$ 324-665371 Scotland V.32bis HST daily CSP BBS Name: Almac BBS Gateway: PCB/Usenet Gateway from Sparkware Sysop & address: Alastair McIntyre <alastair.mcintyre@almac.co.uk> Also echo ILink & RIME. Use Qmail .qwk Mail Door. 2.5Gbytes of files. Subscription only. 45.00 for 1 hour per day and 75.00 for 2 hours. One annual fee. On-Line Sales Door, etc ============ ==================== ================== =========== ========== == +54 %satlink@well.sf.ca.us Buenos Aires, up to 14400 2000-1200 $$ 1-52-1057 well.sf.ca.us!satlink Argentina V.32bis (24 hrs soon) BBS Name: SatLink Communications / Turbo-BBS Gateway: uuPCB Sysop & address: Horacio Stolovitzky <postmaster@satlink.org.ar> Claudio Vidal <sysop@satlink.org.ar> Running on a 486 DX2, 1 Giga + CD ROM, QWK doors/FidoNet/SmartNet/Osla =========== End of list ------------------------------ From: rslade@cue.bc.ca (Robert Slade) Subject: Article 3--Jerusalem virus part 2 (CVP) Date: 23 Jul 92 23:50:00 GMT HISVIR4.CVP 920714 The "Jerusalem" virus - part 2 The history of the Jerusalem virus is every bit as convoluted as its functionality and family. The naming alone is a fairly bizarre tale. As mentioned before, it was originally called the Israeli virus. Although considered unfair by some, it was fairly natural as the virus had both been discovered and reported from Israel. (Although the virus was reported to slow down systems that were infected, it seems to have been the "continual growth" of EXE files which led to the detection of the virus.) In an effort to avoid anti-semitism, it was referred to by its "infective length" of 1813 bytes. For COM files. For EXE files it was 1808 bytes. Sometimes. It varies because of the requirement that the header of an EXE file is divisible by 16. (All quite clear?) One of the early infections was found to be in an office belonging to the Israeli Defence Forces. This fact was reported in an Associated Press article, and, of course, made much of. It also gave rise to another alias, the I.D.F. virus. When the virus was first discovered, it was strongly felt that it had been circulating prior to November of 1987. The "payload" of file deletion on Friday the 13th gave rise to conjecture as to why the logic bomb had not "gone off" on Friday, November 13th, 1987. (Subsequent analysis has shown that the virus will activate the payload only if the year is not 1987.) The next following "Friday the 13th" was May 13th, 1988. Since the last day that Palestine existed as a nation was May 13th, 1948 it was felt that this might have been an act of political terrorism. This led to another alias, the PLO virus. (The fact that Israel celebrates its holidays according to the Jewish calendar, and that the independence celebrations were slated for three weeks before May 13th in 1988 were disregarded. The internal structure of the virus, and the existence of the sURIV viral programs seems to indicate that any political correspondence is merely coincidence.) Yet another alias is "sUMsDos", based upon text found in the virus code itself. This was, on occasion, corrupted to "sumDOS". The name "Jerusalem" has gained ascendancy, possibly due to the McAfee SCAN program identification. (He certainly must be responsible for the "B" designation for the "original" version.) Of course, the great number of variants have not helped any. Because a number of the variants are very closely based upon each others code, the signatures for one variant will often match another, thus generating even more naming confusion. This confusion is not unique to the Jerusalem family, of course, and is an ongoing concern in the virus research community. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1992 HISVIR4.CVP 920714 ============= Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | "The client interface Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | is the boundary of Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | trustworthiness." User p1@CyberStore.ca | - Tony Buckland, UBC Security Canada V7K 2G6 | ------------------------------ From: phrack@stormking.com (real: from 2600 Magazine) Date: Sun, 2 Aug 1992 14:18:41 1992 Subject: Article 4--2600 Announcement The summer issue of 2600 has been released. Subscribers should have it no later than the early part of next week. Included within is the latest on Bellcore's lawsuit threat against us, as well as a complete guide to the different kinds of telephone signalling systems used throughout the world (written by a real heavyweight in the phone phreak world), a review of the Dutch demon dialer, a tutorial on "portable hacking", tips on defeating call return (*69), a guide to voice mail hacking, plus letters, news updates, revelations of an interesting nature (more Bellcore stuff) plus a whole lot more. On Friday, August 7th, we'll be having meetings in six American cities. We expect all of these meetings to continue on a monthly basis. Please spread the word. NEW YORK: Citicorp Center (between Lexington and 3rd) downstairs in the lobby by the payphones. Payphone numbers: 212-223-9011, 212-223-8927, 212-308-8044, 212-308-8162. WASHINGTON DC: Pentagon City mall. CHICAGO: Century Mall, 2828 Clark St, lower level, by the payphones. Payphone numbers: 312-929-2695, 2875, 2685, 2994, 3287. ST. LOUIS: At the Galleria, Highway 40 and Brentwood, lower level, food court area, by the theaters. LOS ANGELES: At the Union Station, corner of Macy St. and Alameda. Inside main entrance by bank of phones. Payphone numbers: 213-972-9358, 9388, 9506, 9519, 9520, 213-625-9923, 9924, 213-614-9849, 9872, 9918, 9926. SAN FRANCISCO: 4 Embarcadero Plaza (inside). Payphone numbers: 415-398-9803,4,5,6. There is no agenda at a 2600 meeting, no formalities of any kind, no dress code (except maybe in St. Louis), and no constraints other than common sense. People generally get together, trade information, meet people, look for feds, and do whatever else comes to mind (all legally, of course). Each meeting runs approximately from 5 pm to 8 pm local time on the first Friday of the month. Anyone wanting to organize a meeting in another city should contact 2600 at our office: (516) 751-2600. Our voice mail system is now a voice bulletin board system every night beginning at 11 pm Eastern time. You can reach it at 0700-751-2600 through AT&T. If you're using another long distance carrier, preface that number with 10288. It costs 15 cents a minute and all of the money goes to AT&T. Whoopee. Permission is hereby granted to repost this message with the intention of spreading news of the above. ------------------------------ From: dwp@cci.com (Dana Paxson) Subject: Article 5--Encrypted Communications Date: 29 Jul 92 16:20:06 GMT In general, I think laws making encrypted communications illegal are wasteful, stupid and oppressive, for the following reasons: 1) They would be a violation of free speech rights. 2) They would be a waste of time and effort, since determining violation can be impossible. 3) They would be a further waste of time and effort, since such laws are impossible to enforce. 4) They would allow a government to apply enforcement selectively, singling out a few (for arbitrary reasons) and prosecuting them under the vague suspicion that some communication contained en- crypted matter. Point 1) seems self-evident to me. Regarding Points 2) - 4): A few examples and demonstrations come to mind. One of the most interesting and illuminating is the old 'Bacon cipher' controversy: the notion that Shakespeare's folios contained subtle typeface variations that amounted to an encipherment of text written by Francis Bacon, text which indicated that Bacon was actually the author of the Shakespeare plays. As I remember it, there was a heated scholarly controversy over this idea for many years, which had all the earmarks of crankdom making an assault on basic literary understanding. Both sides of the debate attracted large numbers of followers. It was all put to rest (at least from a scientific point of view) when one researcher who understood cryptography quite well managed to demonstrate that by reading the supposed typeface variations in different ways and supplying some additional overlays or adjustments of data (which the pro- Bacon people said was necessary to read the hidden text), he could make Shakespeare's folio produce any hidden text he wanted it to! Admittedly the cryptographic methods assumed by the pro-Bacon group were faulty, and modern cryptanalysts would not make the mistake of inserting a text-decryption overlay that in effect would be inserting the encrypted message they wanted to find. Any astute analyst would spot this immediately. The trouble is that not everyone involved in trying to make determinations of violation of anti-encryption law is quali- fied either to avoid making such an analytical error or to catch one being made. And this statement makes no assump- tion of malice. What if malice IS the motive? So perhaps someone might count the characters in each line in this posting, convert the counts to characters with some simple arithmetic function, apply some transformation (either transposition or substitution, with some arbitrary key) and decide that I am a dangerous subversive because of the resul- ting "content" emerging from this process. There is in fact no such content. Another such someone might profess to have found another message of mine which, when used as a key, produces a plain- text from selected words in this message. Between selecting another message, and selecting the words, they could put any concealed text in my message that they wanted to find. Behind all this is the greasy odor of pseudoscience. Once a pseudoscientist sets mind on getting a result, all evidence leads to it. Or, as one wag put it, "When the theory does not agree with the facts, the facts must be disposed of." Mix the pseudoscientists with the oppressive or manipulative politicians, and the results can be explosive. It is a dangerous farce. It could be worse law. Turning to the other end of things, can any REAL concealed ciphertext be detected? The answer is, simply, no. The reason, strangely enough, is virtually the same as the reason that the Bacon-cipher people thought they had succeeded. All the correspondents need to do is to establish two entirely independent communications pathways, sending the apparent plaintext message over one channel, and a key for extracting other messages from it over the other. Unless a cryptanalyst has access to both channels, no encrypted message sent on one channel can be decrypted if the encryption was done with a key based on a one-time pad (a once-used series of characters or values) sent over the other channel. The Bacon-cipher people did this unwittingly when they created the data overlays, which amounted to the key. The channels need not occupy the same medium, nor the same place or time. A private conversation can serve as one channel, and the public network(s) the other. So if I wanted to plant an encrypted message in this message, I would only have to set up a key to produce it, and send the key via let- ter, radio, telephone, carrier pigeon, whisper, etc. to the intended recipients of the hidden message. If I took care with that communication, no one would have a clue. And I could make this message contain two entirely contra- dictory encryptions for two different recipients, just by sending them different keys. As an aside, this is how some people who tell fortunes or interpret holy scriptures make a living. I'm not referring to honest students of scripture or human nature, only to the folks with an axe to grind or money to be made. Such people can be extremely dismissive of scientific argument and evidence. Hoping my recollections of the Bacon cipher controversy are basically accurate, Dana Paxson Network Applications Systems Group Northern Telecom 97 Humboldt Street Rochester, New York 14609 dwp@cci.com 1 716 654-2588 ------------------------------ From: Stan Olan Barber <sob@bcm.tmc.edu> Subject: Article 6--NNTP 1.6 CLIENT KIT RELEASED Date: 3 Aug 1992 06:30:26 GMT The NNTP Client tool kit has been released. This kit contains the nntp client routines that can be used to link into news reader and news posting software. This client kit has been tested with a number of unix systems as well as three IBM-PC TCP/IP stacks (Lan WorkPlace for DOS, PC-NFS and PC/TCP). There are two files in the kit. You can get them from lib.tmc.edu via anonymous ftp in /public/nntp1.6/client or from bcm.tmc.edu in /nntpclnt. They can also be retreived by sending mail to the archive server address "archive-server@bcm.tmc.edu" with the following body in the message: send nntpclnt kit1 send nntpclnt kit2 Send bugs and comments to "nntp@tmc.edu" -- Stan internet: sob@bcm.tmc.edu Director, Networking Olan uucp: rutgers!bcm!sob and Systems Support Barber Opinions expressed are only mine. Baylor College of Medicine ------------------------------ From: Linus Benedict Torvalds <torvalds@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> Date: Sun Aug 2 01:33 Subject: Article 7--Linux 0.97 Released finger torvalds@kruuna.Helsinki.FI [kruuna.Helsinki.FI] Free UNIX for the 386 The current version of linux is a 0.97, released 92.08.01. There is a 0.96 rootdisk that should be used with the new versions: it fixes a lot of things with the old rootdisks and contains more programs due to the shared libraries. 0.97 supports X11r5 and the new gcc-2.1 (and newer) libraries with multiple shared libs - as well as any old binaries (except the 0.12 version of gdb which used the older ptrace() interface). 0.96c also contains support for debugging (core-dumping and attach/detach) as well as profiling (use gcc-2.2.2 for the profiling code) Linux can be gotten by anonymous ftp from 'nic.funet.fi' (128.214.6.100) in the directory '/pub/OS/Linux'. This directory structure contains all the linux OS- and library-sources, and enough binaries to get going. To install linux you still need to know something about unices: it's relatively straightforward to install, but the documentation sucks raw eggs, and people with no previous unix experience are going to get very confused. There are now a lot of other sites keeping linux archives. Some of them are: tsx-11.mit.edu (18.172.1.2): directory /pub/linux banjo.concert.net (192.101.21.6): directory /pub/Linux yagi.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp (130.34.222.67) (and many additional sites: there are now sites in the uk, japan etc that carry linux, but I have lost count) There is also a mailing list set up 'Linux-activists@niksula.hut.fi'. To join, mail a request to 'Linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi'. It's no use mailing me: I have no actual contact with the mailing-list (other than being on it, naturally). There is also a newsgroup that contain linux-related questions and information: comp.os.linux. Mail me for more info: Linus Torvalds (torvalds@kruuna.Helsinki.FI) Pietarinkatu 2 A 2 00140 Helsinki Finland 0.97 has these major new things relative to 0.96 - select() through the VFS routines - easily installable IRQ's - bus-mouse driver - msdos filesystem (alpha) - extended filesystem (alpha) - serial line changes (faster, changeable irq's etc) - dynamic buffer-cache - new and improved SCSI drivers ------------------------------ From: jrh@platte.bellcore.com (Bob Horgan) Subject: Article 8--Bellcore/Purdue Software Reliability Workshop Date: 1 Aug 92 00:01:58 GMT Expires: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 07:00:00 GMT CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Second Workshop on ISSUES IN SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ESTIMATION October 12-13, 1992 Bellcore, Livingston, N. J., USA THEME: Software Reliability in the Telecommunications Industry Sponsored by: Software Engineering Research Center, Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University and Bellcore. DESCRIPTION: This is a sequel to the highly successful workshop held in 1991. The theme of last year's workshop was the relationship between software testing methods and the theory and practice of software reliability estimation. This year we focus that theme on issues pertinent to the telecommunications industry. Presentations will address a wide range of issues emphasizing testing and reliability in the telecommunications Industry. Participants will consist of invited speakers and representatives from industry and academia. Among appropriate topics for submissions are: - special reliability concerns in telecommunications, - the relation of software testing and reliability estimation, - the relation of software architecture and reliability estimation, - field performance data and reliability estimation, - software churn and reliability estimation, - industrial experience with the use of reliability estimation, - empirical validation of reliability models, - data collection issues in reliability estimation, and - other novel approaches to reliability modeling and reliability estimation. All submissions (consisting of full papers or extended abstracts) will be collected and printed as workshop proceedings. For papers that have been published elsewhere or for which the copyright has been already released, it will be the responsibility of the author(s) to obtain the necessary permissions before their submission could be included in the proceedings. One panel of experts in reliability and testing will discuss the current issues in the area. Alfred V. Aho of Bellcore and John D. Musa of At&T Bell Laboratories will give invited talks. Please submit five (5) copies of full papers or extended abstracts in English by September 3, 1992 to: Bob Horgan Aditya P. Mathur Bellcore, MRE 2E-362 Software Engineering Research Center 445 South St. Purdue University P.O. Box 1910 W. Lafayette, IN 47907 Morristown, NJ 07962-1910 apm.cs.purdue.edu (317) 463-3893 jrh@bellcore.com (201) 829-4338 Organizing Committee: Bob Horgan, Bellcore (co-chair) Aditya P. Mathur, Purdue (co-chair) Vernon Rego, Purdue (co-chair) John Healy, Bellcore Wendell Jones, Bell Northern Sid Dalal, Bellcore Ming-yee Lai, Bellcore Veena Mendiratta, AT&T Bell Labs Nozer Singpurwalla, George Washington John Spragins, Clemson Mark Yang, University of Florida Important Dates and Details: - September 3, 1992 - 992 - Completed papers due - September 21, 1992 - Authors notification - Registration fee: $100 ($50 for students) - Registration fee due: October 1, 1992. - For information and registration contact Aditya Mathur or Bob Horgan at the foregoing addresses. - Total attendance will be limited to 75. - Purdue University is an equal access/equal opportunity institution. =============================================================================== Purdue University/Bellcore ISSUES IN SOFTWARE RELIABILITY ESTIMATION OCTOBER 12-13, 1992 First contact Aditya Mathur or Bob Horgan at the foregoing addresses then mail the information indicated below with check to: Continuing Education Business Office Purdue University 1586 Stewart Center, Room 110 West Lafayette, IN 47907-1586 Please Register the following (print or type): Name: _____________________ Title: _____________________ Affiliation: _____________________________ Address: _____________________________ City, State, Zip: _____________________________ Phone: ____________________ Fax: ____________________ EMail: ____________________ Fees: Regular $100/each; Student: $50/each Make checks payable in U.S. dollars to Purdue University Registration Deadlines: October 1, 1992 *Lodging and meals (other than lunches and breaks) are not included in the fee. Suggested hotels are: Marriott Courtyard in East Hanover 157 Rt 10 East Whippany, NJ 201-887-8700 Ramada Inn East Hanover 130 Rt 10 West Whippany, NJ 201 386-5622 Parsippany Hilton 1 Hilton Court Parsippany, NJ 201-267-7373 ------------------------------ ********************************** End of Art of Technology Digest #2 . -------------- Gian-Paolo Musumeci Research Advisor Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portguese University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign