February 2002 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Research on Internet in German and French
by migarrid＠u.washington.edu 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Hello: Probably you can find information in this place, is called the Research Center on Information Society and Security Policy. Is worth it to try it, perhaps you can find links to other centers: Germany: http://www.fogis.de. For Internet research in French: http://www.cidif.org/english/index.html, its a Canadian center. Maria

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RE: [Air-l] lifelong learning grant
by Bunz, Ulla K 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Yikes, I don't know. I got this on a different listserve just today and thought it looked like an excellent opportunity. I hope it's not outdated! Maybe your best bet would be to contact the EU contact directly. But of course, international collaboration should always be encouraged, even without a grant, so hopefully some people will contact you regarding your research interest. Air-l, I would think, is a great place to find research colleagues (local, national, international, same discipline, different discipline, no academic connection, etc.) for projects *any of us* are planning. ulla ************************* Ulla K. Bunz University of Kansas 102 Bailey Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-1160 ulla(a)ukans.edu ************************* -----Original Message----- From: K.S.O-Riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk [] Subject: Re: [Air-l] lifelong learning grant re > <http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html> Ulla - has there been a re-announcement for this? - the EU web site has a 2001 submission date? - If there has been a relaunch and anyone is interested I am working in Continuing Education in the EU and would be happy to discuss a potential co-operation. Thanks Kate O'Riordan

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Re: [Air-l] lifelong learning grant
by K.S.O-Riordan＠sussex.ac.uk 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

re > <http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html> Ulla - has there been a re-announcement for this? - the EU web site has a 2001 submission date? - If there has been a relaunch and anyone is interested I am working in Continuing Education in the EU and would be happy to discuss a potential co-operation. Thanks Kate O'Riordan Lecturer in Continuing Education (Media Studies) Arts C304 CCE University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9RG UK Tel: 01273 877774 Email: k.s.o-riordan(a)sussex.ac.uk

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lifelong learning grant
by Bunz, Ulla K 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

This sounds like a great opportunity for international collaboration. ulla Date: Tue 2/12/2002 7:23 PM From: Linda Rouhani lrouhani(a)natcom.org EU-US education partnership Article 13 of the Decision establishing the second phase of the Community action programme in the field of education "Socrates", together with Action 8(1)f. of the Annex to this Decision, provide that the European Commission may co-operate with third countries and with the competent international organisations. It has been agreed with the programme committee for Socrates that lifelong learning will be a central focus of the activities to be supported in this context. Lifelong learning, defined as "all purposeful learning activity, undertaken on an ongoing basis with the aim of improving knowledge, skills and competence", is one of the key concepts in the Commission's strategy for the further development of education systems in Europe. Lifelong learning also encompasses non-formal and informal learning taking place outside the formal systems. Exchanges of experience and good practice between the Union and other parts of the world in the field of lifelong learning have a strong potential for mutual benefit and will contribute to enhancing the quality of education and training in Europe and elsewhere. Therefore the European Commission launches a call for proposals under article 13 of the Socrates programme for projects for cooperation with third countries in the field of lifelong learning. Projects should be aimed at: * exchanging lifelong learning experiences and know-how; * disseminating good practice in lifelong learning between Europe and other parts of the world; * developing effective and innovative forms of transnational cooperation in lifelong learning; * reflecting on future needs and priorities for lifelong learning in a global context. For further information, see http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html <http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/socrates.html> ************************* Ulla K. Bunz University of Kansas 102 Bailey Lawrence, KS 66045 785-864-1160 ulla(a)ukans.edu *************************

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Two new opportunities for original data collection
by RG Lentz 14 Feb '02

14 Feb '02

Dear colleagues, please excuse if this is has already been posted. RG Lentz, UT Austin NSF-SPONSORED PROJECT OFFERS NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ORIGINAL DATA COLLECTION! Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) is a new National Science Foundation-supported project that is designed to increase the speed and efficiency with which scientific advances can be applied to social problems. TESS accomplishes these goals by providing social scientists with two new opportunities for original data collection. First, TESS runs an ongoing national telephone survey to which researchers can add their own original questions. Second, TESS allows researchers to run their own studies on random samples of the population that are interviewed via the Internet. Technologically, TESS combines the proven power of computer- assisted telephone interviewing with the new possibilities of computer-assisted Internet interviewing. Each approach allows researchers to capture the internal validity of traditional experiments while realizing the benefits of contact with large, diverse subject populations. With these technologies, TESS gives a greater number of social scientists opportunities to collect original data tailored to their own hypotheses, and to increase the precision with which fundamental social, political and economic dynamics are measured and understood. HOW DOES IT WORK? Scholars across the social sciences compete for time on one or both instruments. A comprehensive, on-line submission and review process screens proposals for the importance of their contribution to science and society. The co-PIs, Diana Mutz and Arthur Lupia, assisted by a diverse team of leading scholars from across the social sciences, oversee the review process. Together, they base their evaluations on reviews solicited from two to three referees in the researcher's discipline. WHAT KINDS OF PROPOSALS ARE APPROPRIATE? The Internet-based and telephone-based data collection platforms will allow faculty and graduate student researchers to run novel experiments on representative samples drawn from the United States population in order to examine substantive and methodological hypotheses. Proposals may come from any substantive area within any discipline in the social sciences so long as they utilize experimental or quasi-experimental designs and make a significant contribution to knowledge. WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO APPLY? All faculty and graduate students at universities within or outside of the United States are eligible. HOW AND WHEN CAN I APPLY? TESS begins accepting proposals in January of 2002 and will review them on a continuous basis over the next four years. There are no limits on the number of times researchers may use TESS. In fact, we encourage researchers to build on their previous TESS findings for subsequent proposals. HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? To facilitate a quick review process, proposal submission and review are handled on-line through our website, <www.ExperimentCentral.org/" target=_blank>http://www.ExperimentCentral.org/> www.ExperimentCentral.org. Proposals are limited to five pages to encourage fast turnaround. Because our data collection instruments are in the field on a continuous basis, accepted experiments can be moved into the field just as soon as previous experiments come off. WHO WILL BE COLLECTING THE DATA FOR TESS? Data collection for the telephone survey is carried out by the Indiana University Center for Survey Research. The Internet survey data is collected through Knowledge Networks, of Menlo Park, CA. These two organizations were selected to work with TESS because they are leaders and innovators in the world of survey research, and they are experienced in the implementation of experiments within surveys. They also have the capacity to gather and deliver data to researchers promptly, so as to facilitate a quick turnaround time for TESS researchers. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? Use of these instruments will be free to all social scientists whose proposals are accepted through the review process. This project is supported by funds from the National Science Foundation through a grant to Professors Mutz and Lupia. There are no additional costs borne by users, and no grant applications to write. WHERE DO I GO FOR MORE DETAILS? Our website, <http://www.experimentcentral.org/> www.ExperimentCentral.org, answers common questions about the proposal submission and review process. For more information, contact us at TESS(a)ExperimentCentral.org. -- Diana Mutz Arthur Lupia Co-Principal Investigators Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences

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The Cathedral and the Bazaar
by John B. White 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

I'm not certain if many of you are familiar with this, but I spent a facinating few minutes reading through it this morning. It is in some ways an ethnography of the Linux Hacker community. Enjoy! --JW http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/

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Re: [Air-l] on gauges and other technical standards
by Rune Dalgaard 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

You might also want to check the work being done on ICANN by Wolfgang Kleinwächter, who has studied the issue of domain names for years. See for example a paper recently published by the Centre for Internet Research http://www.imv.au.dk/cfi/eng/pub Best, Rune ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rune Dalgaard, MA, Doctoral Candidate Dept. of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University Address: Niels Juels Gade 84, 8200 Aarhus N, Denmark Phone: (+45) 89 42 19 48 / Fax: (+45) 89 42 19 52 E-mail: runed(a)imv.aau.dk / Web: http://www.imv.au.dk/medarbejdere/runed ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Hello all, >> >> After reading the recent discussion on railroad gauges deriving from >> ancient standards, I am curious if anyone is doing work looking into >> technical standards. I'm writing my undergrad honors thesis on >> technical Internet standards, and the need for public interest involvement in >> the standardization process, viewing this as a subset of the "technical is >> political" or "code is law" body of work. ... >> Thanks for your help, >> /allan

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Re: Air-l digest, Vol 1 #298 - 7 msgs
by Jay Hauben 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Hi, Just to be complete, Educause lists 154 Corporate members (see http://www.educause.edu/memdir/memdir.html) So the fate of the .edu domain is not only in the hands of the education community. It has been my observation over the years that in particular the publishing industry has exerted a strong influence in Educause. Does anyone know what other organizations were considered for this privilege of overseeing the distribution of .edu domains? Jay

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on gauges and other technical standards
by Allan A Friedman 13 Feb '02

13 Feb '02

Hello all, After reading the recent discussion on railroad gauges deriving from ancient standards, I am curious if anyone is doing work looking into technical standards. I'm writing my undergrad honors thesis on technical Internet standards, and the need for public interest involvement in the standardization process, viewing this as a subset of the "technical is political" or "code is law" body of work. Although my thesis is predominantly policy-oriented, I'd really like some theory to work with, aside from market failures and civic governance. Chasing citations back and forth has not turned up a whole lot in this area. If anyone has any suggestions for literature that delves into examining the larger impacts of specific technical design decisions, from any perspective (sociology, psychology, policy, etc) I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help, /allan ... et surtout||Allan Friedman n'oubliez pas||Center for Social and Policy Studies de tomber||Swarthmore College amoureux||allan(a)friedmans.org http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~allan "For the umpteenth time that evening, he wished computer code responded to threats of physical violence..."

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widespread snmp problems
by jeremy hunsinger 12 Feb '02

12 Feb '02

Well by now you've all seen it, big problems with simple network management protocol. What you might not have seen is how I saw it, so I'll share because I think it is interesting and should be for others. Way back in 99 SANS issued a top 10 problems document that said to turn of snmp unless absolutely necessary, this is for a wide variety of reasons, but overall it is not very well secured protocol or management system, though it is quite effective. So earlier today, I get an e-mail from SANS saying: 1:30 PM EST 12 February, 2002 In a few minutes wire services and other news sources will begin breaking a story about widespread vulnerabilities in SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). Exploits of the vulnerability cause systems to fail or to be taken over. The vulnerability can be found in more than a hundred manufacturers' systems and is very widespread - millions of routers and other systems are involved. As one of the SANS alumni, your leadership is needed in making sure that all systems for which you have any responsibility are protected. To do that, first ensure that SNMP is turned off. If you absolutely must run SNMP, get the patch from your hardware or software vendor. They are all working on patches right now. It also makes sense for you to filter traffic destined for SNMP ports (assuming the system doing the filtering is patched). To block SNMP access, block traffic to ports 161 and 162 for tcp and udp. In addition, if you are using Cisco, block udp for port 1993. The problems were caused by programming errors that have been in the SNMP implementations for a long time, but only recently discovered. CERT/CC is taking the lead on the process of getting the vendors to get their patches out. Additional information is posted at http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2002-03.html ____ Low and behold, I check yahoo at 3:30pm and there it is, posted at 2:53, an hour and 23 minutes reponse between effective announcement ot security professionals and public. Now granted that is not alot of time, but for highly efficient organizations, it probably was sufficient. After the sans announcement came out, i checked our(cddc/aoir) systems just to be sure. at 2:40 i received the cert announcement, which is a broad announcement which generated the media most likely. what amazes me is the increasing systematization of information security and the professionalization that goes along with it, how does having an 1 hour period before announcement help sustain the appearance of professionalism, or the top 10 list, I haven't made that argument yet, but I'd be interested in opinions. -- jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614

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