Date: 12 Sep 2000 06:15:09 -0400 Message-ID: <20000912101509.14505.qmail@xuxa.iecc.com> From: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org (Telecom Digest) To: telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Subject: Telecom Digest V2000 #50 Reply-To: editor@telecom-digest.org Sender: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Errors-To: owner-telecom-digest@telecom-digest.org Precedence: bulk X-UIDL: 99abd12c8e88a3b734a5f57fbc6cf008 Status: RO X-Status: Telecom Digest Tuesday, September 12 2000 Volume 2000 : Number 050 In this issue: Lucent spinoff Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless REVIEW: "Big Book of IPsec RFCs", Pete Loshin Further re Enhanced EAS/Local Calling in Louisiana Re: USWest changing LD carrier without user's knowledge! Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" IE feature can track Web surfers without warning 9/11/00 ICBTollFree.Com HEADS UP HEADLINES Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Re: When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 11 Sep 2000 07:43:50 -0400 From: "Michael N. Marcus" Subject: Lucent spinoff The recent Lucent phone equipment spinoff is called "AVAYA." The name means nothing, but looks good. You can read about ATT/Lucent's spinoffs, name changes, failed alliances and dumb decisions at www.connect-9.com . Michael N. Marcus AbleComm, Inc. www.ablecomm.com m=20 - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 12:12:39 -0400 From: "Michi Kaifu" Subject: Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless AT&T bought the remaining shares of Cellular One, which were held by Vodafone Airtouch, and took total control in June this year, as a part of the concession to the government in relation to the formation of Verizon Wireless. I understand that they are in process of transerring the operation to AT&T, and I don't know when exactly it will be completed. The purpose is to eliminate the overlap between Airtouch (CellOne) and GTE, and GTE remains as Verizon Wireless. I have always been puzzled about this Airtouch situation, because they are based in SF but didn't have their brand service at their HQ location. Michi Kaifu ENOTECH Consulting michi@pop.net - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 14:28:14 -0400 From: "Rob Slade, doting grandpa of Ryan and Trevor" Subject: REVIEW: "Big Book of IPsec RFCs", Pete Loshin BKBBIPSR.RVW 20000614 "Big Book of IPsec RFCs", Pete Loshin, 2000, 0-12-455839-9, U$34.95/C$48.95 %E Pete Loshin pete@loshin.com %C 340 Pine Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104-3205 %D 2000 %G 0-12-455839-9 %I Morgan Kaufmann Publishers %O U$34.95/C$48.95 415-392-2665 fax: 415-982-2665 mkp@mkp.com %T "Big Book of IPsec RFCs: Internet Security Architecture" RFC (Request For Comments) documents are the standard references of the Internet. (Not that all of them are standards as such: some are discussion papers or even opinion pieces. RFC 1796 has an interesting take on this fact.) IPsec is that group of articles dealing with security. The RFCs are important materials. They are also available online, for free. Why, then, would you pay for a collection of them? Fortunately for the ease of my review, Loshin asks this question, and gives a detailed answer, in the introduction. In the first place, you'll probably want to print out the documents at some time, and this is probably one of the cheapest ways to do it. (Certainly one of the most convenient.) Also, this is a collection of the IPsec standards, and therefore the compilation work has been done for you. Finally, Loshin has provided an extensive index, which greatly increases the value of the text. (Original formatting has been retained, and the individual manuscripts preserve their page numbering: the index can be used to point to items in the RFCs even for those referring to the online forms.) Twenty three RFCs are included in the book. Fortunately for Loshin's effort, one of the documents provides an overview of net security and another presents a structure for the RFCs themselves. Each contains its own definitions of terminology, although an aggregated glossary would have been helpful. The items are listed in numerical order, as is suitable for a reference work: RFC 2401, on security architecture, is possibly the best starting point for newcomers, but is roughly in the middle of the book, and RFC 2411, describing the relationships among the RFCs, comes near the end. Topics include the MD4 and MD5 digest algorithms, using MD5 for IP authentication, ESP (Encapsulating Security Payload) encryption, RC5 encryption, hashed message authentication code (HMAC), the CAST-128 algorithm, test cases for message digests, RC2 encryption, security architecture, the authentication header, Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP), security associations, Internet Key Exchange (IKE), NULL encryption, a document roadmap, OAKLEY key determination, and the Diffie-Hellman key agreement method. For those needing, or even wanting, to know about IPsec, this is the reference. copyright Robert M. Slade, 2000 BKBBIPSR.RVW 20000614 ====================== (quote inserted randomly by Pegasus Mailer) rslade@vcn.bc.ca rslade@sprint.ca slade@victoria.tc.ca p1@canada.com The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. - B. B. King http://victoria.tc.ca/techrev or http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~rslade - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 14:42:49 -0400 From: Mark J Cuccia Subject: Further re Enhanced EAS/Local Calling in Louisiana The Baton Rouge "Morning Advocate" had an article on Friday 8-Sept-2000 on the Enhanced EAS Calling proposed for many regions and Parishes in Louisiana... It listed approximately ELEVEN Parishes in the state where there is proposed enhancement of EAS for "Parish-Wide" or nearly Parish-wide local calling, which will be the first EAS for some ratecenters/exchange areas which for decades have been local only unto themselves! The agreement between BellSouth/incumbent independent telcos in the state, with the La.PSC/State Legislature comes from a recent decision by the Legislature to reduce/eliminate certain property taxes that have been levied against the telcos, as well as reduction/elimination of certain other taxes. BellSouth and the independent telcos agreed to pass on much of the savings to them to customers by enhancing (base/bare-bones) local/ EAS calling within many Parishes. The article did mention that _certain_ proposed Parish-Wide EAS calling arrangements may require FCC approval. It didn't exactly state "why", but "hinted" at the fact that many of the Parishes proposed for Parish-wide local/EAS dialing are split between two LATAs, thus possible FCC review and/or approval. St.Mary Parish _is_ split between the Lafayette LA LATA / NPA 337 (previously part of NPA 318, but recently went mandatory in its split), and the New Orleans LA LATA / presently NPA 504 (but soon to split to a new code TBA). The three Lafayette LA LATA side ratecenters/wirecenters are BALDWIN, FRANKLIN (which happens to be the Parish Seat), and CENTREVILLE. All three are perfectly EAS'd with each other, and all are DMS-remotes, off of a host in the New Orleans LA LATA. The two New Orleans LA LATA side ratecenters are PATTERSON (two DMS-remotes: Main and Bayou Vista) and MORGAN CITY (a DMS-remote in Amelia, and a DMS-100 host to all of St.Mary Parish, both LATAs/NPAs in Morgan City at Inglewood). Both ratecenters are EAS'd with each other. There are several other Parishes in the central part of the state which are split between the Shreveport-Alexandria-Monroe LA LATA (retained NPA 318), and the Lafayette LA LATA (now NPA 337 split from NPA 318). It is also possible that certain state-borderline situations served out of Mississippi LATAs, Arkansas LATAs, or Texas LATAs, but where there are customers in Louisiana (with a LA NPA code) might be proposed for incorporation into their Parish's Parish-Wide Local/EAS calling, or maybe even be re-associated with a Louisiana LATA. This has happened in the past - Vidalia LA homed on Mississippi pre-1984, and for a brief time post 1984 was part of the Jackson MS LATA. There was Local (EAS) between Vidalia LA and Natchez MS. Vidalia LA is now associated with the Shreveport-Alexandria-Monroe LA LATA, and homes on (most likely) BellSouth's Alexandria tandem for its Louisiana LATA. However, EAS between Vidalia LA and Natchez MS has been GRANDFATHERED, as inTER-LATA (and also inTER-state)! There are also a few other inTER-LATA (but inTRA-state) EAS situations in Louisiana, which were "grandfathered" when the LATA boundaries were finalized for 1984 (although LATA boundaries can and HAVE changed)... In some cases (as mentioned above in the St.Mary's Parish situation), a remote switch in one LATA can be _hosted_ by a digital-host in another LATA. Local/EAS (inTER-LATA) between the two can be allowed, or it has been possible that the call _is_ billed as inTER-LATA toll. The Baton Rouge "Morning Advocate" newspaper article did mention that the La.PSC would like for the enhanced (Parish-wide) EAS/local calling to take effect no later than 1-Jan-2001, but that those certain (obviously the inTER-LATA) EAS proposals might take longer due to FCC review/approval. There was no mention in the article about Ratecenter Consolidation. But if these EAS proposals make many more ratecenters "perfectly" EAS'd with each other, I wonder if Ratecenter Consolidation (which would CONSERVE NXX c.o.code assignments, and make paperwork/database management MUCH MORE efficient) could also be in the works! The BellSouth Website does have tariffs that can be viewed/downloaded/ printed, as .pdf Adobe-Acrobat files... Local/EAS calling areas (as the have PRESENTLY existed) are indicated within the tariff filings: http://cpr.bst.bellsouth.com/ http://cpr.bst.bellsouth.com/index3.htm http://cpr.bst.bellsouth.com/index2.html BellSouth Network Notification: http://www.interconnection.bellsouth.com/carrier/carrier_let_00.html BellSouth Press Releases: http://www.bellsouthcorp.com/headlines/ The La.PSC's website is http://www.lpsc.org MARK_J._CUCCIA__PHONE/WRITE/WIRE/CABLE:__HOME:__(USA)__Tel:_CHestnut-1-2497 WORK:__mcuccia@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu|4710-Wright-Road|__(+1-504-241-2497) Tel:UNiversity-5-5954(+1-504-865-5954)|New-Orleans-28__|fwds-on-no-answr-to Fax:UNiversity-5-5917(+1-504-865-5917)|Louisiana(70128)|cellular/voicemail- NWORLASKCG0 (BellSouth #1AESS Cl.5 Local "Seabrook" 504-24x-) to become a #5ESS (yeah!), NWORLASKDS0, 12:01am SAT-11-NOV-2000 NWORLAIYCM3 (BellSouth-Mobility Ericsson Cellular-MTSO NOL) NWORLAMT01T (BellSouth DMS-100 "Metairie" Tndm; Cellular routes thru) NWORLAMA0GT (BellSouth DMS-100/200 inTRA-LATA/fg.BCD Tndm "Main" 504+) NWORLAMA20T (BellSouth DMS-200 TOPS:inLATA OprSvcTndm "Main" 504+053+) NWORLAMA04T (AT&T #4ESS Class-2 Toll 060-T / 504-2T "Main" 504+) JCSNMSPS06T (AT&T #5ESS OSPS:Operator-Services-Tandem 601-0T 601+121) JCSNMSPS14T (AT&T #4ESS Class-3 Toll 040-T / 601-2T; OSPS routes thru) NWORLAELH01 (PBX NEC-2400 504-862-3/8xxx, 504-865-4/5/6xxx) NWORLACADS0 (BellSo.DMS-100 Cl.5 Lcl "Carrollton" 504-86x-;PBX 'homes'on) ========================================================================= - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 16:58:34 -0400 From: craigm@earthling.net (Craig Macbride) Subject: Re: USWest changing LD carrier without user's knowledge! Bill Leidy writes: >If my understanding is correct, you have misplaced the responsibility here. >As a local exchange carrier (LEC), USWest is obligated to accept LOA's >(Letters of Authorization) from Long Distance Companies to switch your >service. USWest received no LOA at all. It turns out that they "reset" the line when they were trying (unsuccessfully) to get ADSL working on the line. They "reset" the line to use their default long distance carrier (AT&T), despite it being set to another carrier _and_ having told them to block LOAs! Apparently, USWest's account-keeping is so poor that they looked up the records as they were when ADSL had first been ordered, rather than the current records for the phone line. Even more amazing is that they have not changed the other phone line in the house to AT&T (and should not have done so) despite their records for the other phone line showing AT&T as the long-distance carrier on it too! In keeping with their policy of extreme incompetence, USWest will also not chase up the results of their mistake themselves, but make the customer waste time on it. They will not refund the money unless they can be shown that AT&T refuse to re-imburse the charge, and then only once they receive a copy of the AT&T bill. (In this instance, the AT&T bill is entirely electronic, being something that exists purely on AT&T's web site.) - -- Craig Macbride - -----------------------http://www.nyx.net/~cmacbrid------------------------ "It's a sense of humour like mine, Carla, that makes me proud to be ashamed of myself." - Captain Kremmen - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 19:55:20 -0400 From: Anthony Argyriou Subject: Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless "Michi Kaifu" wrote: >AT&T bought the remaining shares of Cellular One, which were held by >Vodafone Airtouch, and took total control in June this year, as a part of >the concession to the government in relation to the formation of Verizon >Wireless. I understand that they are in process of transerring the >operation to AT&T, and I don't know when exactly it will be completed. The >purpose is to eliminate the overlap between Airtouch (CellOne) and GTE, and >GTE remains as Verizon Wireless. I have always been puzzled about this >Airtouch situation, because they are based in SF but didn't have their brand >service at their HQ location. Airtouch is a spinoff of PacBell. When analog cellular service areas were doled out by the FCC, each area got two - one "wireline provider" (limited to ILECs, IIRC), and one "non-wireline provider", which ILECs were not allowed to bid for. In the SF Bay Area, the wireline provider was GTE Mobilenet, and the non-wireline was MacCaw Cellular, operating under the Cellular One brand. In some areas where GTE was the dominant ILEC and got the wireline franchise, they went under the Cellular One brand because their own brand was too unpopular to be an easy sell. Anthony Argyriou Unix _is_ user-friendly. It's just selective about its friends. - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 21:59:36 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" TiVo helps you find and record TV shows it thinks you'll like, and shares your viewing habits with networks and advertisers. http://salon.com/tech/view/2000/09/11/tivo/index.html - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 2000 22:02:51 -0400 From: Monty Solomon Subject: IE feature can track Web surfers without warning IE feature can track Web surfers without warning By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com September 11, 2000, 12:50 p.m. PT People surfing the Web incognito may want to think twice before using Internet Explorer. Microsoft today said it is investigating a possible privacy loophole in its Internet Explorer browser that could thwart efforts by people who want to surf the Web anonymously. The feature in IE 5 and above, referred to by Microsoft as "persistence," is designed to let Web pages remember information, such as search queries, entered by visitors. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-2751843.html - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. 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All rights reserved. ************************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:15:55 -0400 From: tknab@nyx.net (Terry Knab) Subject: Re: CellOne San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Michi Kaifu wrote: : AT&T bought the remaining shares of Cellular One, which were held by : Vodafone Airtouch, and took total control in June this year, as a part of : the concession to the government in relation to the formation of Verizon : Wireless. I understand that they are in process of transerring the : operation to AT&T, and I don't know when exactly it will be completed. The : purpose is to eliminate the overlap between Airtouch (CellOne) and GTE, and : GTE remains as Verizon Wireless. I have always been puzzled about this : Airtouch situation, because they are based in SF but didn't have their brand : service at their HQ location. They didn't for one big reason. ATT was a part owner of the system. ATT also owned half of the KC Cell One franchise, and sold it to Airtouch/Verizon last October. - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 2000 00:18:36 -0400 From: sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net (Steve Sobol) Subject: Re: When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" >>From 'Monty Solomon': > >When Big Brother knows you watch "Big Brother" >TiVo helps you find and record TV shows it thinks you'll like, and shares >your viewing habits with networks and advertisers. >http://salon.com/tech/view/2000/09/11/tivo/index.html I don't know that I'd call this a bad thing. I'd be very happy if, for example, I never had to watch any more ads for feminine hygiene products. Give me content that's RELEVANT to my life! I already like the idea behind the technology, and I especially like the fact that TiVo runs Linux (a big plus for this Penguin follower). - -- North Shore Technologies, Cleveland, OH http://NorthShoreTechnologies.net Steve Sobol, BOFH - President, Chief Website Architect and Janitor Linux Instructor, PC/LAN Program, Natl. Institute of Technology, Akron, OH sjsobol@NorthShoreTechnologies.net - 888.480.4NET - 216.619.2NET - -- The Telecom Digest is currently robomoderated. Please mail messages to editor@telecom-digest.org. ------------------------------ End of Telecom Digest V2000 #50 *******************************