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NetFlash: Are you 133t?

Opinion
May 21, 20043 mins
Networking

* Are you 133t? * Network World Fusion Radio: Joel Snyder on SIP * Tellabs buys AFC * Phishing scourge prompts calls for change * Today on Layer 8 * This week’s top 5 stories

Knowing what “l33t” means doesn’t make you l33t, but it’s an important first step. This week I step out from behind my newsletters to bring you a glimpse into the writing of l33tspeak, which was invented by those with hacking skills (or rather, “sk1llz”). Today, however, to write l33tspeak is to demonstrate that you are not so l33t after all. Are you 133t? http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517widernetleet.html?net

Knowing what “l33t” means doesn’t make you l33t, but it’s an important first step. This week I step out from behind my newsletters to bring you a glimpse into the writing of l33tspeak, which was invented by those with hacking skills (or rather, “sk1llz”). Today, however, to write l33tspeak is to demonstrate that you are not so l33t after all.

Are you 133t?

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517widernetleet.html?net

Network World Fusion Radio: Joel Snyder on SIP

Radio, what’s new? Someone still loves you. Joel Snyder this week sits down with our multimedia editor, Jason Meserve, to share his thoughts on SIP, following his tests at the NetWorld+Interop trade show. Check it out.

https://www.nwfusion.com/research/2004/0520radio.html?net

Tellabs buys AFC

Tellabs is buying Advanced Fibre Communications for $1.9 billion, bringing high-speed access gear to Tellabs’ portfolio as well as a five-year contract to provide fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) gear to Verizon.

https://www.nwfusion.com/edge/news/2004/0520tellabs.html?net

Phishing scourge prompts calls for change

The sentencing this week of a Texas man was a notable victory for the U.S. government in its fight against a form of online fraud known as ‘phishing.’ However, a recent surge in such scams highlights the need for more than customer education, with some computer security experts calling for major changes in the way sensitive information is exchanged online.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0520phishscour.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where flattery will get you everywhere:

Eric Idle’s ode to the FCC; Internet dating for the senior set; and if you want to fill an apartment complex, just add wireless broadband; all this and more today at your home for not-just-networking news.

https://www.nwfusion.com/weblogs/layer8/?net

This week’s top 5 stories so far:

1. New evidence points to Cisco network hack

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0518moredetai.html?net

2. Cisco looking into source code leak

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517updatcis.html?net

3. VoIP talk tops NetWorld+Interop

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517nivoip.html?net

4. The rules are fuzzy in IP numbers game

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517specialfocus.html?net

5. Microsoft maps future of Windows

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/0517msserver.html?net