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- TELECOM Digest Sat, 12 Feb 94 21:06:00 CST Volume 14 : Issue 77
-
- Inside This Issue: Editor: Patrick A. Townson
-
- Vice President Gore Questions Current Key Escrow Policy! (Monty Solomon)
- VTech 9 "Tropez" and Sony SPP-ER1 900 MHz Phones (Rob Lingelbach)
- AT&T's Dragon 900Mhz Phone (Alex Cena)
- The President's Call to Russia (Nevin Liber)
- New List on Computer/Telephone Problems/Bugs/Viruses/Dangers (P. Robinson)
- Telecommunication Market in Japan (Jean-Michel Planche)
- Questions About Voice Mail (Stan Schwartz)
- What is This Number? (Carlene Lanham)
- OVF 94 Call For Papers (Frank Belland)
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-
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 19:40:48 -0500
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.COM>
- Subject: Vice President Gore Questions Current Key Escrow Policy!
-
-
- Excerpt from RISKS DIGEST 15.51
-
- Date: 10 Feb 1994 17:55:25 -0600
- From: mech@eff.org (Stanton McCandlish)
- Subject: FLASH: Vice President Gore Questions Current Key Escrow Policy!
-
- National Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee met today in
- Washington at the Old Executive Office Building. In comments made
- after a question and answer period, Vice President Al Gore said that
- key escrow policy announced last Friday (4 Feb 1994) had serious flaws
- and that he hope the issue of who holds the keys and under what terms
- would be given more serious, careful consideration.
-
- Gore made it clear that some amount of control of cryptography
- technology was necessary for national security. However, the key
- escrow policies announced by the Departments of Justice, Commerce &
- State, and the NSA, were "low level decisions" that got out before
- thorough analysis. In a conversation with Mitchell Kapor, Esther
- Dyson, and Mike Nelson (of the White House Staff), Gore said that he
- would prefer that the keys be held by some part of the Judiciary
- branch, or perhaps even by trusted, private escrow agents. He made it
- clear that he believed that the escrow agents named in last Friday's
- announcement (National Institute of Standards & Technology and the
- Treasure Department) were no appropriate key holders. Mike Nelson
- also indicated that there was real interest in a software-based escrow
- system instead of the hardware-based SKIPJACK standard.
-
- Those of us who heard Gore were quite surprised. His remarks suggest
- that the key escrow policies to date do not have full support of the
- White House.
-
- Still, Gore was quite firm in asserting that some control of
- encryption technology is essential to national security. "Encryption
- and codebreaking have determined the outcome of world wars. He stated
- (incorrectly) that most our industrialized allies place must stricter
- controls in encryption that the US does. In fact, almost all COCOM
- countries allow the export of DES-based products, though some do not
- allow DES to be imported.
-
- The whole question of encryption was raised when Mitchell Kapor told
- the Vice President that over half of the Advisory Council members had
- serious reservations about the current Clipper/Skipjack policies.
- Gore and Kapor agreed that the Advisory Council should be used to have
- a serious dialogue about encryption policy. Given Gore's departure
- from the current Clipper proposals, there might actually be something
- to talk about.
-
- ==========
-
- NOTE: This DOES NOT mean that Clipper is going away. Part of stopping
- Clipper is to lift export controls on encryption and enable US companies
- to start producing products that enable all of us to protect our privacy
- with strong encryption.
-
- I urge you to write to Rep. Cantwell today at cantwell@eff.org. In the
- Subject header of your message, type "I support HR 3627." In the body
- of your message, express your reasons for supporting the bill. EFF
- will deliver printouts of all letters to Rep. Cantwell. With a strong
- showing of support from the Net community, Rep. Cantwell can tell her
- colleagues on Capitol Hill that encryption is not only an industry
- concern, but also a grassroots issue. *Again: remember to put "I
- support HR 3627" in your Subject header.*
-
- [For more info on the Cantwell bill, see Stanton's contribution
- in RISKS-15.47. I have deleted a lengthy repetition here. There is as
- yet no response from Stanton on Jon Leech's question in RISKS-15.50 on
- the address cantwell@eff.org. It is presumably NOT Cantwell's. PGN]
-
-
- Daniel J. Weitzner, Senior Staff Counsel <djw@eff.org> 202-347-5400 (v)
- Stanton McCandlish <mech@eff.org> Electronic Frontier Foundation
- 1001 G St, NW Suite 950 East Washington, DC 20001 202-393-5509 (f)
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: rob@xyzoom.info.com (Rob Lingelbach)
- Subject: VTech 9 "Tropez" and Sony SPP-ER1 900 MHz Phones
- Organization: Altruistic Intentions, Hollywood, CA
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 00:42:42 GMT
-
-
- Last night I brought home a VTech "Tropez" 900 Mhz cordless phone, and
- I was very disappointed with the sound quality. A constant hiss and
- limited frequency response made my older Sony 49 Mhz cordless sound
- great (which it really isn't, compared to other 49 Mhz phones).
-
- When I went back to the store the salesman talked me into the new Sony
- SPP-ER1 900 Mhz model, which was 299$ (compared to 187$ for the
- VTech). I brought it home, and the sound quality is even worse than
- the VTech!
-
- Has anyone else experienced this with 900 Mhz phones -- are they just
- "not there" yet for sound quality? Is it that the 900 Mhz channel
- isn't wide enough for corded-phone sound quality? Or is it just that
- the two models I had were defective (doubt the VTech was, but maybe the
- Sony was).
-
- I am reluctant to try another 900 Mhz phone until someone tells me the
- sound quality is as good or better than a good 49 Mhz phone.
-
-
- Rob Lingelbach KB6CUN 2660 Hollyridge Dr LA CA 90068 213 464 6266 (voice)
- rob@xyzoom.info.com robl@netcom.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 94 14:34:26 EST
- From: Alex Cena <acena@lehman.com>
- Subject: AT&T's Dragon 900Mhz Phone
-
-
- Forwarded FYI with a reply:
-
- Subject: Re: AT&T's Dragon 900Mhz phone
- Author: Nathan <nathanp@scoke.sco.COM> at NYERSMTP
- Date: 2/11/94 9:01 PM
-
- > I'm going to buy a Spread Spectrum 900 Mhz phone and your posting caught my
- > eye.
-
- > Do you have any technical details on how the Dragon implements Frequency
- > Hopping Spread Spectrum(the Escort 900Mhz phone uses Direct Sequence
- > Spread Spectrum)?
-
- I don't have the specs. I believe many 900Mhz phones that use direct
- sequence incorporate technology under license from a San Jose, CA-based
- company called Cylink.
-
- > Is the Dragon the much rumored AT&T 9530?
-
- The Model number on my phone is "9530."
-
- > Any availability dates or price?
-
- The 9530 made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas,
- where the base was placed on top of the Hilton and the handset was
- used up to seven miles away line of sight. I do not know the price
- since it was given to me as a present, but I suspect it is competitive
- with other 900 Mhz phones.
-
- > How long does the battery last in standby mode?
-
- I don't know.
-
-
- Alex M. Cena, Lehman Brothers, acena@lehman.com
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: nevin@cs.arizona.edu (Nevin Liber)
- Subject: The President's Call to Russia
- Date: 12 Feb 1994 02:55:18 -0700
- Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ
-
-
- Does anyone know what the "telephone technical difficulties" were on
- President Clinton's recent attempt to contact Yeltsin?
-
- Here's a thought: maybe the Russians are waiting for us to adopt
- Clipper. :-)
-
-
- Nevin ":-)" Liber nevin@cs.arizona.edu (602) 293-2799
- +++ (520) after 3/95
- office: (602) 621-1685
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 13:38:11 EST
- From: Paul Robinson <PAUL@TDR.COM>
- Reply-To: Paul Robinson <PAUL@TDR.COM>
- Subject: New List on Computer/Telephone Problems/Bugs/Viruses/Dangers
- Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA
-
-
- This is to announce the creation of a list for the public disclosure
- of bugs, system problems, viruses, and any other conditions in a
- computer system that people should be aware of so they can fix the
- problem.
-
- It is also appropriate to report security holes, dangerous conditions
- in PBXs, cellular and wire telephone systems, and other computer-
- controlled devices. Also reports of things such as default accounts
- and passwords on systems that should be changed, etc.
-
- The focus will be on reporting clear descriptions of problems
- including how to generate them. The idea being that this will alert
- people to the nature of certain problems that they might be unaware
- of. Reproducing these conditions lets others know what is being done,
- and can allow people to post solutions on how to block them.
-
- The purpose in creating this list is that currently, the only means
- currently available for reporting discovered security holes in
- computer systems and possibly other areas is via the Computer
- Emergency Research Team (CERT) out of Carnegie Mellon University.
-
- The problem with CERT reporting is that the reports generally tend to
- be done in secrecy, and it fails to let system administrators and
- others know about what is happening so that these things can be fixed.
- In short, CERT acts like a black hole and takes too long to publicize
- problems until lots of places get hit because they didn't know about
- it.
-
- Some people feel that reports should not be publicized because potential
- reports might become available to "the bad guys." Well, the truth of the
- matter is that "the bad guys" trade their discoveries around all the
- time; the current use of secrecy is only hurting "the good guys" who
- want to protect their systems.
-
- This list has just been created, and pending creation of an automated
- processor will be temporarily moderated since my current equipment
- does not yet tell me what address the message is sent to. This will
- be changed in the next two weeks.
-
- There will, however, be two addresses. The general list will be:
-
- PROBLEMS@TDR.COM
-
- which is used to post a report to the list. To subscribe to the list,
- use:
-
- PROBLEMS-REQUEST@TDR.COM
-
- Currently, both addresses are moderated. This will change shortly as
- I upgrade the software on my system. Persons wishing to make a report
- but not be identified should state so in the text of their message.
- In the future, they will do so by using the -request address which
- will come to me directly.
-
- Persons wanting to receive this service by facsimile should contact me
- for details. All messages requesting subscriptions or posting information
- will be acknowledged. Please pass this announcement around.
-
- It is my intent to set this up such that people can publicly report
- known bugs, viruses and problems in clear detail so everyone knows
- about them and can encourage much faster response to these problems
- than is currently available. It may even embarass some manufacturers
- into making fixes sooner when their errors are glaringly exposed in
- public.
-
-
- Paul Robinson - Paul@TDR.COM
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: jmp@apysoft.oleane.com
- Subject: Telecommunication Market in Japan
- Date: 12 Feb 1994 21:20:21 GMT
- Organization: OleANe Ceane Networks
-
-
- Hello,
-
- We are looking for some information about who are the first ten type one
- carriers in Japan (i.e. in term of infrastructure)? Who are the firstten type
- two carriers (i.e. in term of services)? Who are the first
- five manufacturers or services providers for PBX, terminals, voice
- telecommunications equipment; shares in data transmissions (X25, frame
- relay, etc.?
-
- Please, can you reply directly by e-mail (jmp@oleane.net)? I will
- summarize if there is collective interest.
-
-
- Jean-Michel Planche Email: jmp@oleane.net
- OLEANE - Groupe Apysoft Tel: (33-1) 43.28.32.32
- Internet IP/UUCP en France WWW: http://www.oleane.net/
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: stans@panix.com (Stan Schwartz)
- Subject: Questions About Voice Mail
- Date: 12 Feb 1994 23:22:59 -0500
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC
-
-
- My Panasonic answering machine is about to expire, and I am
- considering using the CO-based Voice Mail service provided by NYNEX
- (Call Answering). It seems, though, the last time I played with it,
- it didn't work the way I thought it should, and the way systems from
- other RBOCs (Bell Atlantic NJ) are working. I'm in a 5ESS exchange
- (516-694), and since the reps at NYNEX don't seem to have a clear
- understanding of my questions, I thought someone here would:
-
- - I have call waiting on the line. If I don't answer the second
- line, the call DOES NOT get forwarded to the mail box (it just rings
- at the caller's end);
-
- - If I "busy-out" the line (*70 or off-hook), since I have call waiting
- and the software is looking for call-waiting first, any incoming calls
- will get a busy;
-
- In short, the way the NYNEX reps explain this, since I have call waiting
- on the line, the only time a call is forwarded to the mailbox is if the
- phone is on hook and I don't answer. This doesn't sound kosher to me,
- since I've seen the way other systems work.
-
- Does anyone else find this a bit strange?
-
-
- Thanks!
-
- Stan
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: cl@nde.unl.edu (carlene lanham)
- Subject: What is This Number?
- Date: 12 Feb 1994 05:38:21 GMT
- Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln
- Reply-To: mark.hagler@lambada.oit.unc.edu
-
-
- In our local phone exchange, we have a number (848-2259) which, when
- dialed, never ever rings, but gives you a tone. And, it's never busy.
- We have six phone lines, and I tried calling it once and holding the
- call, and dialing it on another line, and I got six simultaneous
- connections to this tone number. What is it?
-
- And, I've heard that some exchanges have a number that you call and it
- will repeat back to you your own phone number. Does anyone know
- anything about this number? What might it be?
-
-
- Thanks.
-
-
- [TELECOM Digest Editor's Note: I assume you know enough about modem and
- fax tones to have detirmined that the number is not part of a rotary with
- at least six modems or faxes which are answering calls. That being the
- case, it is probably some sort of local test number. Maybe someone from
- the local telco (they read this Digest) will respond with specifics. Yes,
- there are numbers such as what you described which when dialed will read
- back the number you are calling from, but most telcos keep these quite
- secret and change them on a regular basis, mainly to keep unauthorized
- users from finding out what they are. There is no single standard for
- these and other test numbers; they vary from one exchange to the next
- and occassionally someone sends in a compilation of them from all over
- the USA, but it is rarely up to date or very accurate. PAT]
-
- ------------------------------
-
- From: Openview_forum@dmewrk1.orl.mmc.com
- Subject: OVF 94 call for papers
- Date: Thu, 10 Feb 94 11:31:20 PDT
- Organization: IPL InterNetNews site
-
-
- C A L L F O R P A P E R S
-
- Orlando Fl Peabody Hotel 8-12 August 1994
-
- The Second OpenView Forum User/Developers conference on Integrated
- Network and Systems Management (OVF '94) will be held from August
- 8-12, 1994 in Orlando Fl, USA, at the Peabody Hotel.
-
- The OpenView Forum 1994 conference on Integrated Network and Systems
- Management using the OpenView Framework will build on the successes of
- OVF 93 conference as the central technical exchange forum for the
- research, standards, development, systems integrator, vendor and user
- community for OpenView network and systems management frameworks.
-
- The OpenView Forum community exemplifies the increasing interest in
- overall Enterprise management solutions across all types of networks,
- supporting enterprise communication systems, distributed computing
- systems, database management system, automated Operation systems,
- facilities management systems, help desk management systems and
- client/server application management.
-
- Authors are invited to submit unpublished papers, as well as proposals
- for tutorials, panel discussions, vendor/user/developer demonstrations,
- or birds-of-a-feather sessions (informal discussion groups), in the
- following areas:
-
- - User requirements, expectations and analysis for integrated network
- and Systems management;
-
- - Standards issues;
-
- - Telecommunications management;
-
- - Fault, configuration, accounting, performance, security management;
-
- - Help desk;
-
- - Service level management;
-
- - Proactive network management;
-
- - Management protocols and protocol management;
-
- - Desktop management;
-
- - Software distribution;
-
- - Database management systems using SNMP/ONC RPC/DCE RPC;
-
- - Distributed systems management;
-
- - Information interpretation: AI techniques, rule-based analysis;
-
- - Distributed network management between Windows and Unix platforms;
-
- - Management applications;
-
- - User interface (enhanced graphics for network node device management);
-
- - User interface for event management for various network protocols
- (SNA, TCP/IP, DECNET, NOVELL, APPLE, etc);
-
- - Common network repository for configuration, performance, and trouble
- ticket management;
-
- - Automated network management for configuration, performance, and trouble
- ticket management;
-
- - Trials, case studies experiences: solutions, limitations and
- challenges on HOSTMIB, DTMF, Software distribution, DBMS and Email
- monitoring, Client/Server Application alert/abort/re-start monitoring,
- RMON, Automated operations, etc;
-
- - Product strategies and different vendor approaches for the OpenView
- Framework;
-
- - Open topics relating to the OpenView Framework.
-
- Please submit six copies of complete papers in English to the address
- listed below. The cover page should include paper title, brief abstract,
- list of key-words, author(s) full name(s), affiliation(s) and complete
- address(es), telephone number(s) and electronic mail address(es).
-
- All submissions will be carefully reviewed by our Program Committee
- and returned to the author(s) with comments to incorporate any
- suggested revisions. The authors of accepted papers will receive the
- suggested modifications made by the reviewer(s) for inclusion in the
- widely distributed, hard-bound Conference Proceedings.
-
- The final camera-ready copy should be no longer than twelve single-spaced
- pages. Final papers arriving too late will be will not be published,
- and may be removed from the conference presentation. The authors of
- accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at
- the conference.
-
- A limited number of stipends are available only to students unable to
- obtain funding to attend the conference. Students whose papers are
- accepted and who will present the paper themselves are encouraged to
- apply if such assistance is needed. Requests for stipends should be
- addressed to Frank Belland, VP of Technical Operations, at the address
- below.
-
- PLEASE SEND COMPLETE PAPERS TO:
-
- Program Chair:
- Frank Belland
- OpenView Forum
- VP Technical Operations
- 313 Green Reed Road
- MP 802-OVF94
- De bary Fl 32713
- Email: fbelland@dmewrk1.orl.mmc.com
- Office: (407) 826-7299
- Fax: (407) 826-7634
-
-
- Papers should be submitted as soon as possible, for inclusion in our
- conference schedule.
-
- Proposals accepted starting: March 1, 1994
- Deadline for Receipt of Papers: April 18, 1994
- Notification of Acceptance Mailed: May 1, 1994
- Final Camera Ready Papers Due: June 1, 1994
-
- Suggestions for Tutorials, Panel Discussions, Birds-of-a-Feather
- Sessions, and additional Conference Topics should be submitted to:
-
- Special Events and Tutorials Chair:
-
- Paul Edmunds
- Duke Power Company - CS03D
- 401 S. College St.
- PO Box 1008
- Charlotte, NC 28201-1008
- Email: paul@hpnet2.dukepower.com
- Office: (704) 382-5758
- Fax: (704) 382-0381
-
-
- Deadline for Receipt of Proposals for Tutorials,
- April 18, 1994
- Panel Discussions, Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions,
- April 18, 1994
-
- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Cathy Lytle
- GTE Federal Systems Division
- 15000 Conference Center Drive
- Chantilly VA 22021
- Email: lytle@eng.gtefsd.com
- Office: (703) 818-4322
- Fax: (703) 818-5484.
-
- Paul Edmunds
- Duke Power Company - CS03D
- 401 S. College St.
- PO Box 1008
- Charlotte, NC 28201-1008
- Email: paul@hpnet2.dukepower.com
- Office: (704) 382-5758
- Fax: (704) 382-0381
-
- Frank Belland
- Martin Marietta Corporation
- 313 Green Reed Road
- MP 802-OVF94
- De bary Fl 32713
- Email: fbelland@dmewrk1.orl.mmc.com
- Office: (407) 826-7299
- Fax: (407) 826-7634
-
- Rick Sturm
- US West Advanced Technologies
- 4001 Discovery Drive
- Suite 190
- Boulder, CO 80303
- Email: sturm@advtech.uswest.com
- Office: (303) 541-6262
- Fax: (303) 541-6250
-
-
- ADVISORY BOARD:
- Greg Stephens
- Hewlett-Packard Company
- 5725 W. Las Positas Blvd.
- Pleasanton, CA 94588
- CIS: 73125,1374
- Email: greg@hpuplca.nsr.hp.com
- Office: (510)-460-1508
- Fax: (209)-599-4729
-
- Bob Natale
- American Computer
- 209 Perry Pkwy
- Gaithersburg MD 20877
- Email: natale@acec.com
- Office: (301)-258-9850
- Fax: (301)-921-0434
-
-
- PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
-
- Members of the Organizing Committee and Advisory Board are also
- members of the Program Committee.
-
- Anyone who would like to volunteer to help with conference planning
- please call or email:
-
- Paul Edmunds
- Duke Power Company - CS03D
- 401 S. College St.
- PO Box 1008
- Charlotte, NC 28201-1008
- Email: paul@hpnet2.dukepower.com
- Office: (704) 382-5758
- Fax: (704) 382-0381
-
-
- VENDOR PROGRAM
-
- The Conference offers vendors/users/developers the opportunity to
- demonstrate their network management products during five days, in
- parallel to the conference. Vendors/users/developers interested in the
- opportunity to present products and/or future plans should contact:
-
- OpenView Forum
- Frank Belland
- Martin Marietta Corporation
- 313 Green Reed Road
- MP 802-OVF94
- De bary Fl 32713
- Email: fbelland@dmewrk1.orl.mmc.com
- Office: (407) 826-7299
- Fax: (407) 826-7634
-
- For information about OVF '94 or to indicate your interest in
- participating, please send this form to:
-
- OpenView Forum
- Frank Belland
- Martin Marietta Corporation
- 313 Green Reed Road
- MP 802-OVF94
- De bary Fl 32713
- Email: fbelland@dmewrk1.orl.mmc.com
- Office: (407) 826-7299
- Fax: (407) 826-7634
-
-
- Complete/Check items below:
-
- [ ] I am interested in attending.
-
- [ ] I intend to submit a paper.
- Provisional Title: ____________________________________________
-
- [ ] I intend to submit a poster.
- Provisional Title: ____________________________________________
-
- [ ] I plan to submit a tutorial proposal.
- Provisional Title: ____________________________________________
-
- [ ] My company is interested in participating in the Vendor Program.
-
- Please send me more information regarding:
-
- [ ] Technical Program
-
- [ ] Tutorial Program
-
- [ ] Vendor Program
-
- [ ] Accommodation
-
- [ ] Other (Please Specify)__________________________________________
-
- [ ] Membership in the OpenView Forum
-
- [ ] Volunteer activities for conferences
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