A Sampling of Clips for
August 07, 2003
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Wireless
network attacks get a public airing
GCN, Aug. 6-Federal grants are funding
research by some very bright investigators in the computer science
departments of our nation's universities to probe the vulnerabilities
of wired and wireless networks. One example is at the University
of California, San Diego, where researchers have perfected
denial-of-service attacks against 802.11 wireless networks.
http://gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23053-1.html
Institute,
universities spur new drug development
Stanford Daily, Aug. 7-At a time when
innovative medications are buried in clinical trials for years
at a time, the recently conceived PharmaSTART program links
three California universities, including UC San Diego,
and two research organizations in efforts to accelerate the
transition from laboratory breakthroughs to prescription drugs.
http://daily.stanford.edu/tempo?page=content&id=11646&repository=0001_article