• DocumentCode
    833748
  • Title

    News Briefs

  • Author

    Paulson, L.D.

  • Volume
    39
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2006
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    23
  • Abstract
    False Domain-Name Database Information Plagues InternetThe lack of success with efforts to correct inaccuracies in the whois database could pose a problem for Internet security.New Worm Chats Up Its VictimsHackers have written what is apparently the first instant messaging-based worm that “chats” with potential victims.Will We Access the Internet via Gas Pipes?If successful, the proposed broadband-in-gas technology would inexpensively provide the additional bandwidth required to deliver new video applications such as HDTV through natural-gas pipes, even when fuel is passing through them.
  • Keywords
    Broadband services; Domain names; Hackers; IM.Myspace04.AIM; Instant messaging; Internet security; Computer worms; Data security; Databases; Error correction; Information management; Information security; Internet; Protocols; Statistics; US Government; Broadband services; Domain names; Hackers; IM.Myspace04.AIM; Instant messaging; Internet security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2006.67
  • Filename
    1597081