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28 T1 lines together make up a T3, which can carry 672 separate voice channels or up to 44.736Mbps data throughput.
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T3 - By Thomas C GreeneA new Beastie Boys' CD called "To the Five Boroughs" (CapitolRecords), is raising hackles around the Web for reputedly infectingcomputers with a virus.According to a recent thread at BugTraq, an executable file isautomatically and silently installed on the user's machine when the CDis loaded. The file is said to be a driver that prevents users fromripping the CD (and perhaps others), and attacks both Windows boxenand Macs.The infected CD is being distributed worldwide except in the USA andUK, which prevents us from giving a firsthand report. However,according to hearsay, we gather that the Windows version exploits the'autorun' option, and that the Mac version affects the auto playoption.On Windows, when a CD is loaded, a text file called autorun.inf isread, and any instructions within it are executed. In this case, themachine is instructed to install some manner of DRM driver thatprevents copying. We haven't seen either the .inf file or any of theexecutables, so we can't say how or at what level it accomplishes this-- or if indeed it actually does accomplish this.But assuming that the unconfirmed reports are accurate, we have here amedia company infecting users' machines silently with a file thataffects a computer's functionality, without first obtaining informedconsent: a likely violation of pretty much every jurisdiction'santi-hacking laws. It's possible to foresee criminal charges beingbrought at some point: after all, having a good reason for spreadingmalware has never been much of a defence in court. And a file thatalters a computer's functioning without the owner's informed consentis the very definition of malware. Because this malware can betransferred from machine to machine on a removable disk, and requiresuser interaction to spread, it is, quite simply, a computer virus. (Aworm, on the other hand, is distinguished by its ability to spreadwithout user interaction.)http://www.theregister.com/2004/06/23/beastie_boy_cd_virus/
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