Network World columns

1999

see "Edited" for the version that ran in the paper.

·       1999-01-11: A waste of good brainpower ( p 28 ) Edited

A mis-analysis of the Internet structure.

·       1999-01-18: Does Bill still use email? ( p 30 ) Edited

The risks of using email.

·       1999-01-25: Is the wild child maturing? ( p 47 ) Edited

The Internet is starting to mirror the U.S.

·       1999-02-01: Busy days on the crypto front ( p 32 ) Edited

The message of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Deep-Crack crypto key breaker.

·       1999-02-08: Identify the user not the processor ( p 30 ) Edited

Intel's processor ID number.

·       1999-02-15: Stronger than the weakest link ( p 31 ) Edited

National Research Council's "Trust in cyberspace" report.

·       1999-02-22: No associating permitted? ( p 34 ) Edited

Targeted banner ads on search engines.

·       1999-03-01: Sounds like Failure ( p ) Edited

Too strong messages of suport for ATM.

·       1999-03-08: Listening going on? ( p 36 ) Edited

Is @Home listening to its customers?

·       1999-03-15: Microsoft's unprincipled action ( p ) Edited

Microsoft is keeping track of you.

·       1999-03-22: Walkman or Betamax? ( p 46 ) Edited

Sony's networking plans.

·       1999-03-29: Unplanned parenthood? ( p ) Edited

Did Al Gore invent the Internet?

·       1999-04-05: Christmas in March? ( p 26 ) Edited

Melissa as a replay of the IBM Christmas virus.

·       1999-04-12: Ivy covered bits? ( p 32 ) Edited

Does distance learning make sense?

·       1999-04-19: A self anointed priesthood ( p 44 ) Edited

Lawyers protecting their own.

·       1999-04-26: Does Lou have a clue? ( p 36 ) Edited

Does IBM understand the Internet?

·       1999-05-03: Americans as second class citizens ( p ) Edited

An assault on Internet privacy.

·       1999-05-10: The Absurdity of Limits ( p ) Edited

The absurdity of limits on crypto export.

·       1999-05-17: Should I be worried? ( p 34 ) Edited

AT&T's cable purchases.

·       1999-05-24: Fading glitz in Las Vegas ( p 32 ) Edited

Networld+Interop in Las Vegas.

·       1999-05-31: Real taxes for virtual phones? ( p 38 ) Edited

Breaking down a phone bill.

·       1999-06-07: Blocking for cause ( p 50) Edited

Only some ISP filtering makes sense.

·       1999-06-14: Varying definitions of "local" ( p 37 ) Edited

Is a call to an ISP long distance?

·       1999-06-21: Not your father's Oldsmobile ( p 50 ) Edited

The Internet is as big as the auto industry.

·       1999-06-28: Selling the essence of you. ( p48 ) Edited

Banks and privacy and the implication for the Internet.

·       1999-07-05: Resistance is futile ( p 27 ) Edited

We will be paying Internet taxes soon.

·       1999-07-12: Road warrior update ( p 38 ) Edited

Hotels still have no clue about business travelers.

·       1999-07-19: Some learning going on? ( p 46 ) Edited

Is there anyone in the entertainment business that can think?

·       1999-07-26: Portable firewall circumvention ( p 30 ) Edited

The non-usefulness of firewalls.

·       1999-08-02: The absence of network security ( p 27 ) Edited

It's not the network that needs to be secure.

·       1999-08-09: History is prelude ( p 34 ) Edited

Lessons from the history of the ITU.

·       1999-08-16: Are you usefully certifiable? ( p 45 ) Edited

Problems with digital certificates.

·       1999-08-23: Too bright a light? ( p 38 ) Edited

Understanding the importance of the Internet.

·       1999-08-30: When parallel is not there ( p 46 ) Edited

Should ISPs get access to AT&T's cable infrastructure?

·       1999-09-06: Reinforcing paranoia ( p 40 ) Edited

A lack of good news on the privacy front.

·       1999-09-13: When is HTTP 1.1 not HTTP 1.1? ( p 62 ) Edited

The non-deployment of HTTP 1.1.

·       1999-09-20: Where now for the IETF? ( p 38 ) Edited

What will the IETF's role be in the converged network of the future?

·       1999-09-27: Privacy- & security-enhancing technology ( p 31 ) Edited

The revised crypto export policy.

·       1999-10-04: IP-Phone or Internet-Phone? ( p 56 ) Edited

Differing Architectures for IP phone systems.

·       1999-10-11: "Best with" is bad for you ( p 44 ) Edited

Coding to a particular browser is bad for the 'Net.

·       1999-10-18: How big is the world? ( p 48 ) Edited

Is there a world outside the web?

·       1999-10-25: Protecting against knowledge ( p 48 ) Edited

Corporations over protecting their users.

·       1999-11-01: Will the Internet Wal-Mart Wal-Mart? ( p 51 ) Edited

What will the impact of the Internet be on big distributers?

·       1999-11-08: An impure solution ( p 38 ) Edited

IBM's "distributed learning" program.

·       1999-11-15: A perfect example ( p 52 ) Edited

RealNetworks abuse of customer privacy.

·       1999-11-22: When in Washington ( p 44 ) Edited

The wiretap debate in the IETF.        

·       1999-11-29: Taping the 'Net ( p 44 ) Edited

The architectural problem with trying to wiretap the Internet.

·       1999-12-06: Make or break? Hardly! ( p49 ) Edited

On-line Christmas shopping

·       1999-12-13: The importance of being a dynamist. ( p 48 ) Edited

Thoughts about "The future and its Enemies" by Virginia Postrel

·       1999-12-20: Convergence from the other side ( p 28 ) Edited

IETF standards from the point of view of telephone world.