GEN: Circuits in the NY Times

[Dan Robinson / Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

For those LMNETTERs who want a good explanation of email and other
parts of the Internet, there is a new section in the NY Times called
Circuits. I don't know if it's available in the National Edition, but
it is on the Times's website ( http://www.nytimes.com ).  You do have
to register, and it's only free in the USA ( i think).

The March 26 Circuits had a very good explanation of the email
headers and how to detect faked messages. Armed with that, you could
take the recent spam and figure out who to send the complaints to.
There have also been good explanations of how a browser works on the
Internet, and what a firewall is.

Dan Robinson
Indexing Services
H.W. Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

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