A new method of Internet sabotage is spreading
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Saboteurs are attacking Web sites by flooding servers with over a hundred requests for service per second, and the nature of the Internet makes it difficult to combat the problem. The requests come from fake addresses, making it difficult to find the attackers, although officials claim they will be able to identify some of the culprits. Jamming a site with requests for service prevents legitimate users from using it, although some sites have successfully addressed the problem by opening other ports. Officials believe the attacks are the work of unsophisticated users who are sharing the recipe for creating the attacks. To combat the problem, ISPs could program their routers to refuse to forward messages with fake addresses, but the volume of computers on the Internet would make such a plan hard to enforce. The federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team at Carnegie-Mellon Univ plans to issue an advisory.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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If medium is the message, the message is the Web
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The emergence of the World Wide Web as a potential mass medium is underlined by the Associated Press's decision to distribute articles and pictures across it, but the Web's future success is still unassured. More than 100,000 computers host Web sites in 1995, and Web users number in the millions, but businesses have yet to determine how to make a profit from using the Web. The Web allows users to exchange text, video, sound and images, and its prominence was achieved by the convergence of the technology with a large group of corporate sponsors who believe they can create lucrative businesses on it and an audience capable of and interested in using it. The Web is developing parallel to other electronic and print media and is supplementing, rather than replacing, them. Web sites advertise television programs and movies, and TV advertisements often include a Web address as a matter of course.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1995
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The Internet, in three dimensions; a new language is adding depth to the flat computer screen
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3D displays on the Internet are becoming more common now that VRML has become an Internet standard. VRML has expanded 3D graphic development because it can be used on any computer or OS. The availability of faster microprocessors and inexpensive graphics accelerators has also facilitated new applications. The acceptance of VRML as an industry standard has led to a proliferation of start-up companies working to improve and adapt new 3D technology. Major software companies such as Apple, Microsoft and Netscape are also incorporating 3D graphics in their applications. The change from two- to three-dimensional representation is most evident in Internet chat forums and games. Despite the industry's eagerness to implement 3D graphics, however, some analysts feel the new features will not offer quality entertainment unless developers give content the same attention as the technology.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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