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Monday June 30, 2003

[H]ardNews 5th Edition

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ATLANTA, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Security Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISSX) (ISS) today announced the availability of its X-Force(TM) Catastrophic Risk Index (CRI), a list of the most serious, high-risk vulnerabilities and attacks currently affecting computer networks. Developed by the X-Force, ISS' world-renowned security intelligence group, the X-Force CRI acts as a best practices guide for customers applying Dynamic Threat Protection, ISS' multi-layered approach to security. Always up-to-date and publicly available on the ISS Web site, the Catastrophic Risk Index helps companies prioritize protection around threats and vulnerabilities posing the greatest risk to confidentiality, ntegrity and availability of essential business systems. ISS experts will conduct a live Webinar discussing the X-Force CRI on Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at 2 p.m. ET (11 a.m. PT, and 6 p.m. GMT).

iSCSI Support:

REDMOND, Wash. -- June 30, 2003 -- Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of its Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) software initiator package, including the Microsoft® iSCSI initiator service and the Microsoft iSCSI initiator software driver. Available now via Web download at no charge (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/), the software driver is for Microsoft Windows® 2000 client and server versions, Windows XP, and the recently launched Windows Server (TM) 2003 family of products.

Free Speech:

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can't be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers.

Online free speech advocates praised the decision as a victory. The ruling effectively differentiates conventional news media, which can be sued relatively easily for libel, from certain forms of online communication such as moderated e-mail lists. One implication is that DIY publishers like bloggers cannot be sued as easily.

That's Fast:

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have set a new Internet2 land speed record using the next-generation Internet protocol IPv6. The team sustained a single stream TCP rate of 983 megabits per second for more than one hour between the CERN facility in Geneva and Chicago, a distance of more than 7,000 kilometers. This is equivalent to transferring a full CD in 5.6 seconds.

Posted by Kyle 9:37 AM (CST)