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Virus Info
by Marvin 02 Jun '00

02 Jun '00

Quite a number of viruses have been written to exploit bugs in MS Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. The following, taken from the Heathkit listserver, seems like a good description and is worth passing around, especially the part about removing the associations to several file extensions. --------------------------------------- In regards to the large number of virus' that have been written over the last 18 months, notice that almost every one of them depend on the complete MicroSoft suite to function properly. For most of them (not ALL, though), the common tie is Outlook and the Visual Basic Script engine. Working at a University and administering a number of computers, I see this problem all the time. Our University Email folks are very aggressive towards these virus' and eliminate the bulk of these virus' before they enter the campus environment. But I've found the easiest method to prevent infections is to simply break the MicroSoft suite and remove Outlook (and Internet Explorer 5.0). I personally use Eudora and Netscape specifically because of this and COMPLETELY remove Outlook and Internet Explorer (or never install them). I then remove the file associations to several file extensions (VBS,VBE,WSF,WSH,JS and JSE). This prevents infected attachments from 'working' as Windows doesn't know how to execute the attachment. You may receive the virus, but it can do no harm. There is a small program from Cerberus named vf.exe at http://www.cerberus-infosec.co.uk/vf.exe that will remove these extensions from Windows. Takes about 30 seconds to run and the program is free. Obviously, if you are working in an intergated office environment that depends upon Outlook or you write software/macro's using the Visual Basic Script Engine this WILL NOT WORK FOR YOU. As always, the best protection is a good Anti-Virus package. I use Nortons Antivirus, enable the 'Atuomatic Update' feature and schedule updates weekly. ABOUT THE VIRUS... from http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html Virus Description: Wscript.KakWorm VBS.KakWorm spreads using Microsoft Outlook Express. It attaches itself to all outgoing messages via the Signature feature of Outlook Express and Internet Explorer newsgroup reader. The worm utilizes a known Microsoft Outlook Express security hole so that a viral file is created on the system without having to run any attachment. Simply reading the received email message will cause the virus to be placed on the system. Microsoft has patched this security hole. The patch is available from Microsoft's website. If you have a patched version of Outlook Express, this worm will not work automatically. Also known as: VBS.Kak.Worm, Kagou-Anti-Krosoft Category: WORM Infection length: 4116 Bytes OUTLOOK PATCH INFO (I forgot where I got this info)... Severe Windows Security Bug and Fix This bug is quite bad, and has been known since last year. It became more of an issue after somebody figured out you could exploit it to propagate computer infections in the same manner as the ILOVEYOU worm, only with much more destructive results. Any PC running Internet Explorer 5.0 and/or Office 2000 can be attacked with e-mail attachments, even if the recipient does not open said attachments. You don't even have to be using Internet Explorer: just having it installed with default security settings makes you vulnerable . The techies among you can see the horror of the situation. Fortunately, a fix will patch the hole in under five minutes. Make sure all the Windows machines in your care apply the patch immediately. Incidentally, Microsoft has finally responded to this class of e-mail-delivered worms by redesigning how the Outlook e-mail client deals with attachments. PCWorld has the story. Bug: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms99-032.asp Fix: http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/iebuild/scriptlet/en/scriptlet.htm Outlook: http://www.officeupdate.microsoft.com/2000/articles/out2ksecFileTypes.htm PCWorld: http://www.pcworld.com/pcwtoday/article/0,1510,16721,00.html <<< end of message >>>

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Fw: ARDF Team USA Qualifying Runs June 3-4
by Donald L Milbury 26 May '00

26 May '00

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Fw: Santa Barbara Section VE Test Session Processing
by Donald L Milbury 23 May '00

23 May '00

ARRL VEC Test Session Processing Status as of Wednesday May 24, 2000: They are presently processing test session results which arrived at the ARRL VEC on April 24, 2000 The following listings indicate when a particular test session package was received at the ARRL VEC: 73, Don Milbury, W6YN Test Date City Receipt date 4/13 Santa Barbara 4/26 4/22 Ventura 4/27 4/26 SLO 5/01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb ARRL, Santa Barbara Section To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net

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ARDF Meet
by Marvin 23 May '00

23 May '00

This is the latest information I have received about the ARDF event that will take place on June 3, 4. For those of you who haven't been at Schabarum before, it consists of a flat area where the tables, parking lots, etc. are located, and a very hilly area where some degree of physical shape is required to climb the hills with any speed. ----------------- 1. In order to provide the best possible 2m Qualifying Run in the limited amount of preparation time, I am moving the June 3 event to Schabarum Park near Rowland Heights, CA. Expect a much more difficult course than in the previous ARDF events at that site. The 80m event on June 4 will be in a park in the Fullerton area that has not been used for ARDF before. Directions and maps (TO the sites, not OF the sites) will go up on the "Homing In" site soon.

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Fw: Where is my upgrade?
by Donald L Milbury 17 May '00

17 May '00

OOPS! As of today 5/17/00: The ARRL VEC is presently processing test session results which arrived on April 19, 2000 The ARRL Santa Barbara Section test sessions awaiting processing are: 4/13 Santa Barbara Arrived 4/26 4/16 Agoura Hills Arrived 4/20 4/22 Ventura Arrived 4/27 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb ARRL, Santa Barbara Section To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net

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Fw: Where is my upgrade?
by Donald L Milbury 17 May '00

17 May '00

As of today 4/17/00: The ARRL VEC is presently processing test session results which arrived on April 19, 2000 The ARRL Santa Barbara Section test sessions awaiting processing are: 4/13 Santa Barbara Arrived 4/26 4/16 Agoura Hills Arrived 4/20 4/22 Ventura Arrived 4/27 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb ARRL, Santa Barbara Section To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net

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Fw:] Information from our ARRL SW Division Director
by Donald L Milbury 16 May '00

16 May '00

Information from our ARRL SW Division Director "Fried Heyn (SW Dir)" <wa6wzo(a)arrl.org> FYI: 73, Don Milbury, W6YN ---------------------------------------------- Below is an update of a couple of days ago on SB-1714 by the Pacific Division Director, Jim Maxwell (W6CF). The Pacific Division includes northern California and Jim is closer to the action in Sacramento. Anyway, it will give you more details of where we are at this point. Note, the current amended copy of the bill is at the bottom. Tnx for helping get the word out and encouraging fellow hams to write their state Senators (and Assemblymen). 73/Fried(ô¿ô)2b=2do=2b _________________ Update on California S.1714 As has been mentioned in the past, legislation has been introduced in the California State Senate with the objective of providing relief to many California hams who live in communities with highly restrictive antenna ordinances. Senator Brulte of Rancho Cucamonga introduced the legislation, S.1714. In April the bill was assigned to the Senate Local Government Committee (SLGC) for hearing. The chair of the SLGC is Senator Richard K. Rainey, of Contra Costa County. Senator Rainey is the former County Sheriff, and was responsible for establishing the Sheriff's Amateur Radio Reserve in his county. The committee hearing was held on May 3, in Sacramento. Five hams attended: Dave Leeson, W6NL, Jim Maxwell, W6CF, Mike Mitchell, W6RW, Dean Straw, N6BV, and Harry Styron, K6HS. Prior to the committee hearing the group met with Sen. Brulte in his office. It developed that discussions between Sen. Brulte's staff and the SLGC staff had revealed that the committee would not vote the legislation out of committee due to the specific height limitations given in the proposed statute. We were informed by Sen. Brulte that the committee would accept an amended bill which included the following major elements: a section that would place the essential language of PRB-1 into California law, plus a provision that would require the State Office of Planning and Research to develop a model ordinance, with amateurs participating in the development of that ordinance. Those of us present at the meeting felt that the compromise was the best deal we could get at this time. The amended bill was then passed handily based upon a verbal agreement of the amended contents; a formal, written version did not exist at that time. However, last week the official text of the amended version of S.1714 became available. A copy of the text is included at the end of this Update. A careful reading reveals some discrepancies with our May 3 discussions. Subsequent investigation has revealed that some text was inadvertently left out of the version now published. Steps are now being taken to correct the error. Several of us will be tracking the bill very carefully to ensure that the corrections are made. The bill is now awaiting action by the Senate Appropriations Committee. You may follow the progress of this bill by going to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov and following the links to "subscribe" to the bill by number. You will then receive email notice whenever any action takes place. Meanwhile, letters to your Senator and Assemblyman will still be helpful. If you're not certain who your Senator or Assemblyman is, go to http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/yourleg.html to locate them. ********************* Text of S.1714 as Amended: THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 65850.3 is added to the Government Code, to read: 65850.3. Any ordinance adopted by the legislative body of a city or county shall not preclude amateur radio service communications. Any ordinance shall reasonably accommodate amateur radio service communications and shall constitute the minimum practicable regulation to accomplish the legitimate purpose of the city or county. SEC. 2. On or before July 1, 2001, the Director of the Office of Planning and Research shall do all of the following: (a) Prepare and publish a technical assistance bulletin suitable for use by local officials and planners in the preparation and adoption of local ordinances that regulate the placement, screening, and height of amateur radio service antennas. In preparing this bulletin, the director shall consult with individuals and groups with experience in amateur radio service communications and land use regulation, including, but not limited to, the American Radio Relay League, the American Planning Association, the California Association of Realtors, the League of California Cities, the California State Association of Counties, and the Federal Communications Commission. (b) Prepare and publish a model ordinance suitable for adoption by the legislative bodies of cities and counties for the regulation of the placement, screening, and height of amateur radio service antennas. (c) Report to the Legislature and the Governor regarding any recommendations for changes to the state statutes regarding state or local regulation of amateur radio service antennas. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Amateur Radio: If you're not having fun, you are not doing it right! http://www.qsl.net/arrlsb ARRL, Santa Barbara Section To subscribe: mailto:arrlsb-subscribe@egroups.com Internet Manager: AD6AD(a)arrl.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -

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'94 & '95 QST Magazines
by Scott M. Phillips 15 May '00

15 May '00

Hi All, I'm in the process of cleaning out my office, and I came across a bunch of QST magazines from 1994 and 1995, and I believe they have all 12 issues for each year, plus a few others that I picked up along the way after that. I don't want to round-cycle them, since I figured someone out there might be interested in them. If you are, e-mail me. Thanks, Scott M. Phillips, Owner Digital Symmetry http://www.digitalsymmetry.com http://www.sbcoast.net scott(a)digitalsymmetry.com

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ULS Now Up and Running
by Marvin 12 May '00

12 May '00

This is from the ARRL Newsletter ----------------------------- FCC DEBUTS ULS INTERNET FILING! Amateurs now can file Universal Licensing System applications via the Web! With little fanfare, the FCC opened ULS to Internet filers on April 29. It formally announced the system this week. ULS users now can file applications and notifications via the Internet for all services previously only available by dial-up connection to the Commission's Wide Area Network. To access the new capability, visit the ULS home page http://www.fcc.gov/wtb/uls and click on "Online Filing." (Users may ignore the on-line survey.) Applicants must first be registered with ULS and use their ULS password to log onto the system. The ULS--the FCC's interactive on-line licensing application, modification and renewal system for wireless telecommunications services--was deployed for the Amateur Service last August 16. ULS also lets users research the status of applications filed in ULS and licenses issued by the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau. WTB Chief Thomas Sugrue said this week that many ULS users had requested the ability to access ULS through the Internet in order to utilize their high speed Internet connectivity. He also addressed concerns about the security of transactions handled via the Internet. "We now have the technology in place that assures the integrity and security of data transmitted over the Internet along with high speed connectivity," he said. "This is another step forward in the expanding functionality of ULS." The FCC has told the ARRL that making online payments--to file a vanity call sign application and pay on line, for example--requires that users be running the 128-bit encryption version of Netscape Communicator Ver 4.73 or later. The FCC says Netscape 4.7, 4.61 and 4.51 have been tested and are compatible with the ULS. While different browsers and platforms other than Windows-based systems may work for some ULS functions, the FCC currently supports only these recent versions of Netscape for online filing tasks. Netscape 4.6 and versions earlier than 4.51 are not compatible with ULS, however. Filers should configure browsers to enable Java and Java Script and to accept all cookies. Users also will need to download and install Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 or later as a plug-in to their Web browser. Netscape and Acrobat are available free via the Internet. ULS support for other browsers and platforms, such as the Mac, is in the works and should be available shortly. The FCC will continue to provide dial-up access to the ULS. Information on making a dial-up connection is available via the ULS home page by clicking on "Connecting to ULS." Those experiencing problems logging onto the ULS should contact ULS Tech Support at 202-414-1250.--FCC

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[Fwd: ARLB026 VECs Struggle with Paperwork Mountain]
by Michael P. Jogoleff 12 May '00

12 May '00

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