Part of the reason Lerdorf considers the Web „broken” is that it is inherently insecure for a variety of reasons. One of those reasons sits at the feet of developers.

„You don’t know that you have to filter user input,” Lerdorf exclaimed.

Lerdorf advised PHP developers that nothing that comes across the wire is to be trusted. Header „stupidity,” as Lerdorf referred to it in Apache HTTP Web server, can also be the root cause for the broken Web.

Then there is Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, which has „stupidity” issues with character set detection, arbitrary header injection, host header spoofing and request splitting.

The resignation of Matthew Garrett, one of the most active developers in Debian, has drawn attention to some ongoing issues about how the project operates. Specifically, Garrett's announcement on his blog cites a lack of civility and a slowness in decision-making, and compares Debian unfavorably to Ubuntu, the Debian-derived distribution which is increasingly attracting the efforts of many Debian maintainers.

Spanien erlebte riesigen Internet-Ausfall
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Die Mehrheit der Internetnutzer musste zwei Stunden lang ohne Provider auskommen.
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Eine Aktualisierung des Datensatzes der Internetadressen, der alle acht Stunden vorgenommen werde, habe den Absturz der Server verursacht, erklärte ESNIC.

Im Zuge der Terrorbekämpfung hat der Chef des Bundeskriminalamtes, Jörg Ziercke, an die Internet-Provider appelliert, Bauanleitungen für Bomben aus dem Netz zu nehmen. Es könne nicht angehen, dass im Internet derartige Anleitungen veröffentlicht würden, sagte Ziercke im Gespräch mit der „Aktuellen Stunde” (WDR-Fernsehen). Notfalls, so der BKA-Präsident, müsse dazu eine gesetzliche Regelung her.

• If Bruce Schneier wants your plaintext, he’ll just squeeze it out of the ciphertext using his barehands.
• Bruce Schneier can reverse any one-way cryptographic hash, just by staring it in the eye.
• Bruce Schneier can straighten out an elliptic curve with nothing but his teeth.
• Bruce Schneier’s secure handshake is so strong, you won’t be able to exchange keys with anyone else for days.
• Most people use passwords. Some people use passphrases. Bruce Schneier uses an epic passpoem, detailing the life and works of seven mythical Norse heroes.

Das Kunsthaus zeigt erstmals in Wien eine große Personale mit über 100 Werken des Schweizer Surrealisten HR Giger.

Die Ausstellung im KunstHausWien beinhaltet Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Fotomontagen, Plastiken und Fotos sowie die legendären Harkonnen Möbel-Skulpturen, zusammengestellt für das KunstHausWien von Gastkurator Stephan Stucki, Zürich.

Der Maler, Skulpteur, Architekt und Designer Giger ist weltweit bekannt durch die Entwicklung seines einzigartigen “Biomechanischen Stils” sowie durch die Erschaffung der “Alien” Lebensform, zu sehen in dem gleichnamigen Kinofilm.

VeriChip chairman Scott Silverman's appearance on American TV this week has raised fears of the introduction of RFID technology.

According to RNIF, he "bandied about the idea of chipping foreigners on national television Tuesday".

RINF said Silverman appeared to be emboldened by the Bush Administration call to know "who is in our country and why they are here". He told Fox & Friends that the VeriChip could be used to register guest workers, verify their identities as they cross the border, and "be used for enforcement purposes at the employer level". He added: "We have talked to many people in Washington about using it..."