Forum on Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems
ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy, Peter G. Neumann, moderator
Index to Volume 10
Thursday, 1 February 1991
Issue 01 (1 June 1990)-
- RISKS, Volume 10, and FTPing back issues (PGN)
- Word Perfect Software Upgrade Crashes Utah Phone System (Bill Kules)
- Army finds new battlefield system vulnerable to software sabotage (Jon Jacky)
- Caller*ID illegal in Penn (tim, Keith Bradsher via Jerry Leichter)
- Denial of service due to switch misconfiguration (Marc Horowitz)
- Equipment failure or human failure? (Henry Spencer)
- More on the Steve Jackson Games raid (Walter Milliken, Stephen J. Webb)
- Mailing list risks (John Chew)
- ATM range checking (Andy)
Issue 02 (2 June 1990)
Issue 03 (3 June 1990)-
- Software development costs delay changes to UK doctors' funding (Ian W Moor)
- Hacking, Viruses, and UK Law (Pete Mellor)
- Re: ATM range-checking (Jim Horning)
- Re: Debate on SJG raid in comp.risks (Chuck Von Rospach, Kee Hinckley, Andy)
- Risks of moderated newsgroups and COWABUNGA (Nathan K. Meyers)
- Computer to track down drivers without insurance (Alan Wexelblat)
- Local solution to caller ID .vs. Privacy problem (Bob Estell)
- Re: Denial of service due to switch misconfiguration (John R. Levine)
- What the SJG Cyberpunk Manual Tells You to Do (J. Eric Townsend)
- Re: Word Perfect Software Upgrade Crashes Utah Phone System (Kyle Jones)
Issue 04 (4 June 1990)-
- Swiss Supreme Court sets limit to duration of data storage by police (Werner Uhrig)
- A U.K. View of Early C3 Systems (C.F. Reynolds)
- Glass cockpits (A320, etc.) (Henry Spencer)
- Article on A320 in Aeronautique, April 1990 (Jon Livesey)
- Boeing 747-400 Autothrottle problems (Martyn Thomas)
- Equipment failure or human failure? (ark, Julian Gomez)
- Re: Steve Jackson Games (Jim Harkins)
- Routing tables for private switches (Simson L. Garfinkel)
- Risks of Caller Identification (David Lesher)
- More sendmail woes (PGN)
Issue 05 (6 June 1990)-
- New computerized scoring system fails during Indy 500 (Jaime Villacorte)
- Nuclear hair-trigger still set (Johnson v. Chain) (Clifford Johnson)
- Network follies (Tim Shimeall)
- Re: The A320's attacks of nerves (Danny Cohen)
- Re: Article on A320 in Aeronautique, April 1990 (Pete Mellor, Atkielski)
- "Computer to track down drivers without insurance" (SeanF)
- Another egregious database (Mark Anacker)
- Risks of Caller Identification (David desJardins)
- Re: Denial of service due to switch misconfiguration (Larry Kilgallen)
- Private mail on BBSes... (David Gursky)
- Re: 2600 article (Henry Spencer)
Issue 06 (7 June 1990)-
- Bei Mir ist es nicht schoen (PGN)
- Re: Network follies (Carl Howe)
- Bitnet FTP-ing of back issues (Paolo Mattiangeli)
- Risk is in the eye of the beholder? (Dick Wexelblat)
- Re: The A320's attacks of nerves (Robert Dorsett, Steven Philipson)
- Re: Article on A320 (Karl Swartz)
- A320 - The Attacks Continue (Pete Mellor)
- Re: Private mail on BBSes...(and the A320?) (Pete Mellor)
Issue 07 (8 June 1990)-
- Europarliamentory software protection deadlock? (Herman J. Woltring)
- Computer Aids May Hurt in Decision Making (Brad Dolan)
- Re: Another egregious database (Steven Philipson, Pete Mellor, Edwin Wiles)
- Re: Risks of Caller Identification (Jeff Johnson)
- Re: Steven Jackson Games (Jerry Leichter)
- Glass cockpits (A320, etc.) (Steven Philipson)
- Stonewalling with computers (Simon Turner)
Issue 08 (12 June 1990)-
- Liz Taylor and ``secret codes'' (PGN)
- EEC `IT Security Evaluation Criteria' (Klaus Brunnstein)
- Re: A 320 article in Aeronautique (Francois Felix Ingrand)
- 2600 magazine article (Arthur L. Rubin)
- Self-Replicating Bugs in Floppies (Warren M. McLaughlin)
- Caller ID neither necessary nor sufficient to prevent crank calls (ark)
- Whom Caller ID benefits and whom it does not (Peter da Silva)
- Re: egregious database and `voluntary' data submission (Bill Janssen)
- Egregious Database Already Exists (William M. Bumgarner)
- Re: Another egregious database (L.P. Levine)
Issue 09 (15 June 1990)-
- Slovenly Russian Air Defense (again) (Robert Nagler)
- UK Hacker Goes To Jail (Anthony Appleyard ... via Robert E. Van Cleef)
- Programmable parking meters (Kee Hinckley)
- Re: New computerized scoring system fails during Indy 500 (Dave Horsfall)
- Re: Caller ID for dealing with anonymous callers (Marc Shannon)
- Re: Liz Taylor and ``secret codes'' (Randal Schwartz)
- EEC ITSEC adresses (Klaus Brunnstein)
- I APOLOGIZE (Danny Cohen)
Issue 10 (19 June 1990)-
- Risks of using commercial on-line fulltext databases (Peter D. Junger)
- canopus.stanford.edu goes nova (Joe Dellinger)
- Re: UK Hacker Goes To Jail (Pete Mellor)
- Air India votes no confidence in A320 (Andrew Klossner)
- A320 near-disaster (Gregory Travis via Robert Dorsett)
- RISKS of computers in medical offices (Arthur L. Rubin)
- More Space Telescope Problems (Karl Lehenbauer)
- Invisibly long lines (Wilson H. Bent, Jr.)
- Water problems (Gene Spafford)
Issue 11 (25 June 1990)-
- The Risks of Reading RISKS (Keith Dancey, PGN)
- "Artificial Life" out of control (Nathaniel Borenstein)
- Update on Alcor/email case (H. K. Henson)
- "Unbreakable Math Code Finally Broken" (J. A. Brownlee via jbr)
- A (rather old) risk of new technology (Clive Feather)
- Risk submitting papers by e-mail! (Jonathan Bowen)
- Re: The Hubble Telescope (Tony Ozrelic)
- Re: DEC RA90 disk failures: correction/update (David Keppel)
Issue 12 (27 June 1990)-
- 747-400 computer problems cause excess departure delays (Jon Jacky)
- Two 747-400 computers fail during landing approach; recall denied (Jon Jacky)
- Re: The A320's attacks of nerves (Robert L. Smith)
- Riskier Risks of Reading Risks (Michael Barnett)
- Re: "Unbreakable Math Code Finally Broken" (Y. Radai)
- Risks involved in DEC RA90 firmware upgrade procedure (Geoffrey Brunkhorst)
- Info on carpal tunnel syndrome (Andrea Frankel via Jim Meyering and Werner Uhrig)
Issue 13 (28 June 1990)-
- The F9 factoring result (Ron Rivest via J.Bidzos/S.Kent/S.Crocker/TMPLee)
- Risks from using laptops with cellular phones (Jan I Wolitzky)
- Re: carpal tunnel syndrome (Mike Tanner, Henry Spencer)
- Re: The Hubble Telescope (Steve Bellovin, Henry Spencer)
- My A320 "Article" (Gregory Travis)
- Re: The A320's attacks of nerves (Gimli) (Robert Dorsett, J.G. Mainwaring)
- Virus experiences in GDR (Klaus Brunnstein)
- A misdirected letter or Chain mail (Greeny)
Issue 14 (29 June 1990)
Issue 15 (26 July 1990)-
- Benefits and Risks of Knowledge-Based Systems (Brian Randell)
- CB "Traffic Advisory Channel" petition (Mark Draughn via Peter Jones)
- New Bank Software => Problems (Jeff Johnson)
- Viper and its Formal Verification (Brian Randell)
- Cellphone risk to ABS? (Martyn Thomas)
- Car phones and electronic systems (Tim Duncan)
- Washington State Ferries slide into home (Joe Dellinger)
- Pentagon Pizza (Jim Harkins)
- Logica Code Slows Trident (Mark Smith)
- GAO slams FAA computer systems (Rodney Hoffman)
- BMW Drive-by-wire (Rodney Hoffman)
- British air defense computer suffers a "nervous breakdown" (Walt Thode)
- British Rail signalling software problem (Pete Mellor)
- Call for Papers on Testing, Analysis and Verification (Nancy Leveson)
Issue 16 (31 July 1990)-
- Etalfried Wedd's Loan Authorization (John W. McInroy)
- Pilots vs. automation (Henry Spencer)
- Widespread use of computer simulations as evidence in court (Jon Jacky)
- Oklahoma computer system foulup (Steve Bellovin)
- Big Brother getting bigger (Clifford Johnson)
- RISKS of Publicly-conducted Benchmark Demonstrations (Richard Busch)
- Citibank, ATM, electronic transactions (Melik Isbara)
- USAF ecm systems: software 2 years late (Martyn Thomas)
- A320 FADEC Software Diversity?? (Pete Mellor)
- Hubble problems (Eugene N. Miya)
- Re: Pentagon Pizza (Henry Spencer)
- More on carpal tunnel syndrome/RSI (Blake Sobiloff)
- CTS info requested (Alan Wexelblat)
- Risk Management in the public sector (Request for info) (Mark A. Yedinak)
Issue 17 (2 August 1990)-
- A Tough Roach to Ho-Ho Your PC; more on bugs in sendmail (PGN)
- BMW's 'autopilot' (Chaz Heritage via Richard Busch)
- SIGSOFT '91, conference on critical systems preliminary announcement (PGN)
- European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, program (Yves Deswarte)
- Pilots vs. automation (Bob Sutterfield)
- Altitude violations and TCAS (Andrew Koenig)
- Risks of Research vs Errors (Hubble) (Dave Davis)
- Re: Hubble Trouble (Brinton Cooper, Bryce Nesbitt)
- RISKS of slanting computer related excerpts (pigeons) (Jay Schmidgall)
Issue 18 (9 August 1990)
Issue 19 (10 August 1990)-
- Computers as counterfeiters? (Will Martin)
- Computer voice recognition monitor for gang members (Rodney Hoffman)
- U.S.-supplied Saudi air defense software not working (Jon Jacky)
- Hubble Trouble: `Astonishing' error of about 1 mm (Lauren Weinstein)
- Re: British Rail signalling software problem (Pete Mellor)
- Re: "compress" and the Unisys patent (Anonymous)
- Re: Design for the real world (Robert Biddle)
- Computer Security Applications Conference (Marshall D. Abrams)
Issue 20 (14 August 1990)-
- NYC Parking Violations Computer called "Rogue" (Dave Davis)
- Computer noise linked to stress -- computers vs. women (Allan Meers)
- Response to Computers as Counterfeiters (Sanford Sherizen)
- Re: 90% of research experiments fail, Risks of Statistics (Jeremy Grodberg)
- Freedom to write programs (Richard M. Stallman)
- Re: Risks of de facto standards (Bernie Cosell)
- Risks of inflation (Mark Brader)
- Firing (of[f]) the Fire-Control (anonymous)
- US Department Of Education --Student Loan Nightmares (Steven Blair)
- Error blamed on human (!) (Geoff Kuenning)
- Re: Computer voice recognition monitor for gang members (smv)
- Virus: cautionary tale (Paul A J)
Issue 21 (16 August 1990 )-
- Space Shuttle O-Rings NOT the real problem (S. Klein)
- RISKS of preventive maintenance (P.J. Karafiol)
- Computer-personalized scams (Allan Meers)
- Compress patent (Richard Stallman, Bill Davidsen, D.E. Sill, Henry Spencer)
- Credit "doctors" (King Ables)
- Computerized monitoring of detainees (Will Martin, Paul Shields)
- Edison and workplace drugs (Gordon Letwin)
Issue 22 (22 August 1990)-
- Re: NYC Parking Violations Computer ... "Rogue" (Christopher Jewell)
- Debt collector proposes "total knowlege" credit database (PH)
- More on Computerized Monitoring of "House Arrest" Detainees (Li Gong)
- Thailand computer system (Simson L. Garfinkel)
- A backup that worked (Steve Bellovin)
- NCSC to be shut down (Dave Curry)
- How to Lie with Statistics (N H. Cole)
- Something good about Automatic Bank Tellers (Pete Mellor)
- 13th National Computer Security Conference, October 1-4, 1990, Washington DC (Jack Holleran)
Issue 23 (22 August 1990)-
- ATMs act up; software blamed (kjd)
- Formal Verification of Safety-Critical Systems (Brian Randell)
- Article on VDT Radiation (Jeff Johnson)
- Terminally dumb -- substitutions (Tony Scandora)
- Useful credit-related addresses (Simson L. Garfinkel)
- Software patent issues (John Bruner)
- Re: compress (David Paul Hoyt)
- New Book in Computer Ethics (Perry Morrison)
Issue 24 (23 August 1990)-
- E-mail lawsuit (Sean)
- Re: Electronic house arrest units (D. King)
- Proposed ban on critical computerized systems (Cameron, PGN)
- Object Code Copyright Implications (Robert Biddle)
- Discover Card (Brian M. Clapper)
- Total Knowledge about all individuals (Clifford Johnson, Alan J Rosenthal)
- Re: Useful credit-related addresses (Henry Mensch)
- "Rogue Programs: Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses" (Gene Spafford)
Issue 25 (27 August 1990)-
- Justice Department computers vulnerable (Rodney Hoffman)
- A Step Backward (Interactive Phone Service) (Theodore Lee)
- How to Lie with Statistics [once again] (Jerry Hollombe)
- Re: Something good about Automatic Bank Tellers (Jerry Hollombe, Mark Lomas)
- Re: Electronic house arrest units (Philip L Harshman, Jim Campbell, Amos Shapir, Brinton Cooper, Brian Tompsett, Mike Bell, Willis H. Ware)
- Re: Object Code Copyright Implications (Willis H. Ware, A. Harry Williams, Lars Poulsen, Gene Spafford)
- Re: Proposed ban on critical computerized systems (Pete Mellor)
- Comment on Markoff article on NCSC (Robert H Courtney via Bill Murray)
Issue 26 (29 August 1990)-
- Stonefish - the software strikes back? (Pete Mellor)
- Computers at the Campus Bookstore (Gary McClelland)
- Reverse Engineering - not always a copyright issue (Joe Morris)
- Re: Electronic house arrest units (Martin Minow)
- Re: Proposed ban on critical computerized systems (Perry Morrison MATH)
- Caller ID Discussion List Started (Bruce Klopfenstein)
Issue 27 (30 August 1990)-
- Lawsuit over specification error (Martyn Thomas)
- Hacking Illegal in UK - Official! (Pete Mellor)
- NSA Press Release on NCSC reorganization (Jack Holleran)
- No computers on Washington State ferries (David B. Benson)
- Re: Discover Card (Will Martin)
- Re: proposed ban on critical computerized software (Al Arsenault)
Issue 28 (31 August 1990)-
- Re: Lawsuit over specification error (Pete Mellor, Martyn Thomas, PM)
- Computer Unreliability and Social Vulnerability: synopsis (Pete Mellor)
- Computer Unreliability and Social Vulnerability: critique (Pete Mellor)
- Copyright Policy (Daniel B Dobkin)
- Re: Discover Card (Brian M. Clapper, Gordon Keegan)
Issue 29 (1 September 1990)
Issue 30 (4 September 1990)-
- Business Week on High-Tech Amusement Parks (Karl Lehenbauer)
- Arabian heat causing problems with US weapons computers (Jon Jacky)
- Re: Stonefish mine (Chaz Heritage via Richard Busch)
- Flight simulator certification (Henry Spencer)
- Glass cockpits (Martyn Thomas)
- "Wild failure modes" in analog systems (Kent Paul Dolan)
- Faultless Software (Robert L. Smith)
- Comment on Software Reliability Synopsis (Martin Minow)
- Database searches and counseling center confidentiality (Derek Beatty)
Issue 31 (5 September 1990)-
- March 1989 British Rail Train Crash (Brian Randell)
- Complexity, safety and computers (Martyn Thomas)
- Software bugs "stay fixed"? (Martyn Thomas)
- Re: Stonefish mine (Mark Lomas, Bill Davidsen, Bill Ricker)
- Reply to "Computer Unreliability" Stars vs Selves (Dave Davis)
- "Wild Failure Modes" in Analog Systems (Jim Hoover, Richard D. Dean, Will Martin, Pete Mellor)
Issue 32 (6 September 1990)-
- New Roque Imperils Printers (Robert E. Van Cleef)
- Floating Point Emulation required for Ultrix systems (Dave Wortman)
- Re: Software bugs "stay fixed"? (Dave Parnas)
- Re: Wild failure modes and COMPLEXITY (Rochelle Grober)
- Re: Lawsuit over specification error (Brinton Cooper)
- Re: Flight simulator certification (Steven Philipson)
- Re: Lawsuit over simulator specifications (Robert Dorsett)
- Computers and Safety (Bill Murray)
Issue 33 (7 September 1990)-
- Critical military computer systems (Clifford Johnson)
- Complexity, reliability, and meaningless arguments (Nancy Leveson)
- Re: "Wild Failure Modes" in Analog Systems (Jan Wolitzky)
- Analog vs Digital Controls (Martin Ewing)
- Chaos (Peter da Silva)
- Re: Software bugs "stay fixed"? (Bruce Hamilton, K. M. Sandberg, Andrew Koenig, Michael Tanner)
- Boot camping (Timothy VanFosson)
Issue 34 (8 September 1990)-
- Risks of shutdown? (PGN)
- French prisoners use "smart cards" (Robert Nagler)
- Instrument Software failure in BAe aircraft (Sean)
- BMW's 'autopilot' (Michael Snyder)
- Re: "wild failure modes" in analog systems (Henry Spencer)
- Re: Dealing with software complexity (Martin Minow)
- Re: Software bugs "stay fixed"? (Robert L. Smith)
- Re: Computers and Safety (John (J.G.) Mainwaring)
- Re: Object Code Copyright Implications (Dan Bernstein, Randall Davis)
- Re: Accidental Disclosure of non-published phone numbers (Jeff Johnson)
Issue 35 (10 September 1990)-
- Robustness of RISK architectures (Martin Minow)
- RISKS of relying on hardcopy printers (Voyager) (Tom Neff)
- Analog vs digital failure modes and conservation laws (Jerry Leichter)
- Analog vs digital reliability (Jack Goldberg)
- Re: Software bugs "stay fixed"? (Tom Neff, Stephen G. Smith, Martyn Thomas)
- Simulator classification as safety-critical (Martyn Thomas)
- Re: New Rogue Imperils Printers (Henry Spencer)
- Re: Postscript virus (Robert Trebor Woodhead)
- Re: Computers and Safety (Robert Trebor Woodhead)
- SafetyNet '90 Conference Announcement (Cliff Jones)
Issue 36 (12 September 1990)-
- Railway Safe Working - large analogue systems (Skillicorn)
- Re: BMW Heading Control System (A. L. Bangs)
- Re: Robustness of RISC architectures (Andy Glew, Dave Sill, Andrew Taylor, Henry Spencer, Peter Holzer, Robert Cooper, Dik T. Winter)
- Re: Computers and Safety (Peter Holzer)
- Re: Software doesn't wear out? (Bob Estell)
- Re: Software bugs "stay fixed" (Peter da Silva)
Issue 37 (13 September 1990)-
- Expert system in the loop (Martyn Thomas)
- Re: Railway Safe Working - large analogue systems (Dave Parnas)
- Re: Analog vs digital reliability (Rob Sartin, David Murphy)
- The need for software certification (John H. Whitehouse)
- ZIP code correcting software (Richard W. Meyer)
- Software Bugs "stay fixed"? (Jeff Jacobs)
Issue 38 (14 September 1990)-
- The Weakest Link (Amos Shapir)
- Relatively Risky Cars (Martin Burgess)
- Re: The need for software certification (Theodore Ts'o)
- Re: Expert System in the loop (Steven Philipson, Brinton Cooper)
- Re: Computer Unreliability and Social Vulnerability: critique (Dan Schlitt)
- Large analog systems and NSW railroads (David Benson)
- Analog vs Digital reliability (Bill Plummer)
- Re: ZIP code correcting software (Bernard M. Gunther, Dave Katz)
Issue 39 (18 September 1990 )-
- Poetic Justice in a Machine Crash (Andy Glew via Paul Eggert)
- Re: Expert system in the loop (Clifford Johnson, Peter G. Rose, Jeff Johnson)
- I'm 99% Sure You're A Crook!!! (mmm)
- A Nightmare: Security compromise with SUN's C2 package (Caveh Jalali)
- Another risk of phone systems [anonymous]
- Desktop Publishing Fraud (Sanford Sherizen)
- Data cowboys and database abuse - applicant screening (Rodney Hoffman)
- Inside risks of INSIDE RISKS (PGN)
Issue 40 (18 September 1990)
Issue 41 (18 September 1990)
Issue 42 (22 September 1990)-
- Arbitration Myths (Peter Denning)
- Re: Security compromise with SUN's C2 package (Li Gong)
- Re: Expert system in the loop (Henry Spencer [2], Steven Philipson [2], Walt Thode)
- Railway Safe Working - large analogue systems (Peter Jones)
- Re: I'm 99% Sure You're A Crook!!! (Jerry Hollombe)
- Book suggestion: Apollo, The Race to the Moon (Martin Minow)
- Re: Knight reference: `Shapes of bugs' (Nancy Leveson)
- ACM Conference on Critical Issues in Computing (Harold S. Stone)
Issue 43 (22 September 1990 )
Issue 44 (24 September 1990)-
- Arbitration Myths (Leslie Lamport, Mark S. Day)
- Overbilled by 6 orders of magnitude (Jeff Johnson)
- Risks of "automated guided vehicles" (Brad Dolan)
- Field commanders using UNIX? (Tom Beattie)
- Expert system in the loop (Matt Jaffe, Clifford Johnson, bahn_pr)
- Apollo, The Race to the Moon (R.I. Cook)
- Failed mail ("after 246 days"!) and comment on long header lines (PGN)
Issue 45 (26 September 1990)-
- Computergate in New Jersey? (Steve Bellovin)
- Whitehall rebuked for 121 million pound Retail Price Index blunder (Dorothy Graham)
- Hi-tech advertising (Dave Turner)
- Students taking exams by remote hookups (PGN)
- Sun C2 system (Stephanie Zakrzewski)
- Arbiters (Brian Randell)
- Re: Expert system in the loop (Amos Shapir, Jim Horning, R Horn)
- Reliability of the Space Shuttle (Peter da Silva)
- Illinois Bill (Mark Brader)
Issue 46 (28 September 1990)-
- Sellers Use Computer Glitch to Buy Illegal Winning Lottery Tickets (Nathaniel Borenstein)
- Safer to Fly or Drive? (David Levine)
- Re: Expert system in the loop (Matt Jaffe (2))
- Bookkeeping error begs for machine help -- maybe (Jim Purtilo)
- Re: Hi-tech advertising (Brinton Cooper)
- Re: Reliability of the Space Shuttle (Chris Jones, Henry Spencer)
- Automated vehicle guidance systems (Will Martin)
- Computer 'error' in the British RPI (Chaz Heritage via Richard Busch)
Issue 47 (4 October 1990)-
- California DMV and their new computer (Cecil Lee (2))
- Report of Nat Semi clock chip flaw (Martyn Thomas)
- BA 747-400 Engine Failure (Martyn Thomas)
- Novel on corporate computer espionage (Philip Brewer)
- CERT Advisory - NeXT systems (Edward DeHart)
- Fair Information Principles (Jeff Johnson)
- Television rating (nee universal listening) device (Tim Wood)
- From under a Rock??? (Subliminal message lawsuits) (Ed Hall)
- Operation Sun Devil invades the InterNet? (Ed Luke via Michael Packer via John M. Chapin)
Issue 48 (9 October 1990)-
- Global warming or bad hardware? (Bob Campbell)
- Equinox on A320 (Pete Mellor)
- Ada and multitasking (Erling Kristiansen)
- Re: Arbitration Myths (Bernie Cosell)
- California DMV and Italian publicity (Jon)
- Government routinely ignores Privacy Act (Clifford Johnson)
- Computer sound editors are appropriate technology, not deceipt (David A. Honig)
- Operation Sun Devil invades the InterNet? (Jonathan I. Kamens)
- Loving Little Egypt - phone freaks (Dick Karpinski)
- CERT Advisory Update - NeXT Systems (Ed DeHart)
Issue 49 (11 October 1990)-
- Programmer error kills phones for 30 minutes (John R. Dudeck)
- Answering Machine Cheats at Phone Tag (Ed McGuire)
- Discovery misprogrammed (Fernando Pereira)
- Airliner story (Rich Epstein via Gene Spafford)
- An IBM interface glitch & RISKS masthead FTP instructions (Lorenzo Strigini)
- Automobile Computer RISKS - A Real Life Experience (Marc Lewert)
- Re: BA 747-400 Engine Failure (Jerry Hollombe)
- Re: Equinox on A320 (Ken Tindell, Henry Spencer)
- Re: Ada and multitasking (Stephen Tihor, Henry Spencer)
Issue 50 (15 October 1990)
Issue 51 (16 October 1990)
Issue 52 (17 October 1990)
Issue 53 (17 October 1990)
Issue 54 (18 October 1990)
Issue 55 (23 October 1990)-
- Malfunction on Gambling Machine delivers $300,000 Jackpot (John Colville)
- Risks of Modernization (Chuck Weinstock)
- Airliner story (Ellen Cherniavsky)
- Summary of A320 report on W5 (Wayne Hayes)
- Boeing 777 to use fly by wire (Robert R. Henry)
- Re: Technology Meets Dog; Dog Wins (Dan Sandin)
- Stick-up At Banks (Paul Johnson)
- Re: Kasparov's sealed move (Peter Rice)
- Computerized cars and ham radio interference (Rich Wales)
- Programmer error, not language flaw (Stuart Friedberg)
Issue 56 (29 October 1990)-
- Disabling software by remote control leads to law suit (Jerry Leichter)
- Cellular phone snooping (Alan Wexelblat)
- Access to gov't computer files (John Sullivan)
- DTP and fraud (Robert Slade)
- Funny Bible update (Paul M Dubuc via Fred Gilham)
- Re: "Risks of modernization" -- train/pipeline accident
- ... (Martin Minow, Bill Davidsen, Roy Smith, Peter Amstein)
Issue 57 (4 November 1990)-
- $6.3 million electric bill (Mark W. Schumann)
- Drug RISKS to software ?? (Simon Rosenthal)
- More of what really goes wrong (John Rushby)
- Automotive electronic engine control failure modes (Dave Davis)
- Re: Laxness, not modernization, at fault in train wreck (Chuck Weinstock)
- Train Wreck and Weight Estimates (anonymous)
- Re: Risks of Modernization (Gerald Stafleu)
- Re: Access to gov't computer files (Brinton Cooper)
- Call for papers -- ACM SIGSOFT '91 (Nancy Leveson)
Issue 58 (4 November 1990)
Issue 59 (9 November 1990)-
- "Software fault hits payphones" (Martyn Thomas)
- Plain paper faxes keep copy of received material (Jan Christiaan van Winkel)
- Customers limiting programmer access to their systems (Jim Kimble)
- Student hackers arrested (Dave King)
- Sprint's new calling card (anonymous)
- Employer's use of credit reports (Jerry Leichter)
- Computers lead to greater monopolization? (Jim Griffith)
- Risks when computers replace humans (Martyn Thomas)
- Villanova University Computer Ethics course Group Project (J. Gacad et al.)
- "The Devouring Fungus" at a bookstore near you (Gene Spafford)
- 4th Annual Computer Virus & Security Conference (Gene Spafford)
Issue 60 (14 November 1990)-
- Computer Mishap Forces shift in Election Coverage (bahn_pr)
- Voting electronically from home (revisited) (John Roe)
- Barclays' security: apologies! (Pete Mellor)
- Juicy 911 RISKS (Steve Smaha)
- Re: UK Software Engineer Certification (Brian Tompsett)
- Software Protection Tool (Dave Erstad)
- Sprint's voice-card system (Steve Elias, Jerry Glomph Black)
- Re: Carbons (Douglas W. Jones)
- Your Flood Stories, Please (Lindsay F. Marshall)
- Corrected version of Virus Conf announcement (Gene Spafford)
Issue 61 (16 November 1990)-
- Police technology; mailing list hyperstacks (Lotus) (Jerry Leichter)
- Privacy concerns about Lotus "Marketplace" (Jeff E. Nelson, Rick Noah Zucker)
- Kuwaiti citizen database (Jonathan Leech)
- Gas pump inaccuracies? (Paul Schmidt)
- "It's the computer's fault" (Andrew Klossner)
- Re: Voting electronically from home (Li Gong, Frank Hage, Dan Sandin)
- Re: Computer Mishap Forces shift in Election Coverage (Tom Perrine)
- Election coverage software (Gary Cattarin)
- Re: Juicy 911 RISKS (Amos Shapir)
- Ada Remarks (Paul Murdock)
Issue 62 (19 November 1990)-
- Playboy jammer who jammed Hefner's 'jamas gets jammed (PGN)
- Telephone cable cut eliminates O'Hare tower communications (Richard I. Cook)
- Tomatoed 911 (Rob Boudrie)
- Computer-Aided Gerrymandering (Steve Summit)
- GOES mirror problems caused by oversimplified analysis (Henry Spencer)
- Re: Privacy concerns about new Lotus "Marketplace" product (Dan Aronson)
- AFCEA's 2nd Annual Military / Government Computing Conf/Exp (Jack Holleran)
Issue 63 (21 November 1990)-
- Lotus Marketplace cont'd (Marc Rotenberg, Eric Dittman)
- Insurance Perfidy (Sharon Cregier)
- [anonymous] author identifies anonymous referee (anonymous)
- Reuters Holdings PLC and shouldering the blame? (Sameer Mithal, PGN abstracting)
- MD-11 test flights over the pole (Henry Spencer)
- Soc.Sec.No. on Driver's Lic. in Mass. (William Ricker)
- Tomatoed 911 (Tim Steele)
Issue 64 (21 November 1990)
Issue 65 (6 December 1990)-
- A fondness for turkeys (Pete Mellor)
- Heads-up "Holograms" of Runways to assist in landings? (Richard Wood)
- Airline safety (John Sullivan)
- As the spacecraft turn (Steve Bellovin)
- NeXT microphone problem? (E. Loren Buhle, Jr.)
- Risks of global networking (Hank Nussbacher)
- Technological Risk, by H.W. Lewis (Jake Livni)
- Hackers Accessed NASA's Phones (anonymous)
- Hacker view of the "Legion of Doom" sentencing in Atlanta (EmmanuelGoldstein)
Issue 66 (7 December 1990)
Issue 67 (7 December 1990)
Issue 68 (14 December 1990)-
- Recent RISKS Mail to CSL.SRI.COM (PGN)
- Many Bills Are Found Incorrect on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (Saul Tannenbaum)
- Loughborough (Rob Thirlby via Brian Randell)
- Gender and computer anxiety (Rob Gross)
- Computerized USA Phone Directory (Allan Meers)
- Getting out of Lotus' "Household Marketplace" (TDN)
- Re: a fondness for turkeys (Haynes)
- Call for Papers - 14th National Computer Security Conference (Jack Holleran)
Issue 69 (18 December 1990)-
- "Computer Models Leave U.S. Leaders Sure of Victory" (Jon Jacky)
- Re: Airline safety (Jim Rees)
- The Incredible Lightness of Reference (Jerry Leichter)
- Unexpected effects of PC's (Jerry Leichter)
- Long-distance printing, or the risks of being well-known (Jerry Leichter)
- Covert communication through public databases (Larry Hunter)
Issue 70 (18 December 1990)-
- Telephone Voting (Bill Murray)
- Voting Technology (William W. Plummer)
- Re: Hacked NASA phones (Barton Christopher Massey)
- Re: "Legion of Doom" (Irving Wolfe, Mike Black)
- Computer Virus as Military/Political Weapon? (Sanford Sherizen)
- Request for Info on Undergraduate Computer Security Classes (Al Arsenault)
Issue 71 (19 December 1990)-
- Re: "Computer Models Leave U.S. Leaders Sure of Victory" (Marcus J. Ranum, Karl Lehenbauer, Bob Estell)
- Compass Airlines disrupted by possible computer attack (Sarge)
- Punny user interface [anonymous]
- Process control risks discussed in IEEE Software (Andy Oram)
- Unexpected effects of PC's (P.J. Karafiol, ark)
- Missing reference (Jerry Leichter)
- A semi-folk tale on the risks of being well-known (Daniel P Dern)
- Re: the risks of being well known (Scott Schwartz)
- Re: Organizational Aspects of Safety (Charlie Martin)
Issue 72 (19 December 1990)
Issue 73 (21 December 1990)-
- HERO - Hazard of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (Rodney Hoffman)
- Washington (state) E-mail Privacy Suit (Peter Marshall)
- Re: Process control risks discussed in IEEE Software (Nancy Leveson)
- Re: "Computer Models Leave U.S. Leaders Sure of Victory" ... (P.G. Capek, Jerry Hollombe, Neil Galarneau)
- Risks of Automated Collections and a Happy Ending (L.J. Hoffman)
- Re: The topic that wouldn't die: telephone voting (Gregory G. Woodbury)
Issue 74 (3 January 1991)-
- Vicious elevator door failure recovery (Curtis Jackson)
- Dehumanization by old Cobol programs; how to get more junk mail (Darrell Long)
- Computer data putting history out of reach (Jay Elinsky)
- Re: Computer Age Causes Key U.S. Data To Be Lost Forever (Joe A. Brownlee)
- Re: computer "warfare" (John Abolins)
- Re: "Computer Models Leave U.S. Leaders Sure of Victory"... (Jeff Griffen, David Holland, John C Slimick, David Wright)
- Trojan in MS-DOS 4.01? (John Chapman Flack)
- Re: Organizational Aspects of Safety (Nick Szabo)
- A RISKy video store kiosk (R. Aminizade)
- Call for papers, VDM '91 (Hans Toetenel)
Issue 75 (7 January 1991)-
- NY area fiber-optic telephone cable severed; extensive effects (PGN)
- British military information stolen (Charles Bryant)
- Wargames and Reality (Robert Firth)
- Re: Vicious elevators (Tom Lane, Mark Brader, Roland G. Ouellette, Jake Livni)
- Re: Dehumanization by old Cobol programs (Karen Ward)
- Re: "Computer Models Leave U.S. Leaders Sure of Victory" (Henry Spencer)
- Re: "Computer Age Causes Key U.S. Data To Be Lost Forever" (Rick Smith)
- Re: "Little pitchers have big ears": ATM Risk (Michael McKay)
- Cars and Automation [again] (Balakumar)
Issue 76 (9 January 1991)-
- Suit says Nissan Fired 2 After reading e-mail (Rodney Hoffman)
- Email flash from the past (Paul Eggert)
- Re: Cars and Automation: Yes, a computer problem! (Gregory G. Woodbury)
- Another train crash in London (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
- Re: NY area fiber-optic telephone cable severed (Tony Scandora)
- Re: Vicious elevator door failure recovery (David Magnay, Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Michael J. Chinni, Russell McFatter)
- Journal of Computer Security, Call for papers (Sushil Jajodia)
Issue 77 (11 January 1991)-
- Computer program gives police a bum rap (David A Smallberg)
- Unusual distance metric could waste consumers' time and gas (David A Smallberg)
- Computers Stolen in the USSR (Sanford Sherizen)
- Re: British military information stolen (Stephen Carter)
- Vicious Subway Cars (Ed Ravin)
- Vicious Doors on London Underground/Network South-East (Pete Mellor)
- Defence of British Rail/Network SouthEast (David Green)
- RISKS of computer-assisted emergency dispatch systems (Ed Ravin)
- 2nd IFIP Dependable Computing Conference (Rick Schlichting)
- First Conference on Computers, Freedom & Privacy (Dorothy Denning)
Issue 78 (22 January 1991)-
- (No) Viruses in Iraq's EXOCET? (Klaus Brunnstein)
- Risks of NOT believing war game models (Bob Estell)
- Re: MoD computer stolen in UK (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
- Re: Computer program gives police a bum rap (William H. Glass)
- Voting by Phone (Evan Ravitz, PGN)
- (More) word processor atrocities (Pete Mellor)
Issue 79 (23 January 1991)
Issue 80 (25 January 1991)-
- 7th Chaos Computer Congress, Hamburg, 27-29 Dec 1990 (Klaus Brunnstein)
- San Francisco taxes its computer people rather than its property owners (PGN)
- Not risk versus convenience, but risks of conveniences (Jack Campin) [Loo-Hoo!]
- Re: Computer program gives police a bum rap (Mark Hull-Richter)
- Re: Lotus Marketplace (Richard A. Schumacher)
- MasterCard policy opens door to crooks (Steve Pozgaj, anonymous)
Issue 81 (28 January 1991)-
- Risks in forensic use of dental and medical records (Sanford Sherizen)
- Kinking Foreign-sold Military Equipment (Karl Lehenbauer)
- Patriot missiles (Phil Agre)
- Electronic cash completely replacing cash (David 'Witt')
- Re: San Francisco taxes its computer people ... (Bill Davidsen)
- Re: Random Voting IDs and Bogus Votes (Vote by Phone) (Li Gong, Kathy Vincent)
- Re: Lotus Marketplace (Samuel Bates)
- Re: Superloo (Lars-Henrik Eriksson)
Issue 82 (29 January 1991)
Issue 83 (29 January 1991)-
- Risks of automatic flight (flying at low level) (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond)
- Broadcast local area networks are a'comin (Tom Lane)
- Re: Risks in forensic use of dental and medical records (Jim Purtilo)
- Re: Patriots (Clifford Johnson, Donald L. Wegeng)
- Re: Random Voting IDs and Bogus Votes (Raymond Chen, Colin Plumb)
- Call for Papers, 7th Computer Security Applications Conference (Daniel Faigin)
- Call for papers, Theorem provers in circuit design (Victoria Stavridou)
Issue 84 (30 January 1991)-
- It's not always pilot error" - Official! (Pete Mellor)
- IRS overbills for $1B interest (PGN)
- Re: Patriots (Dave Parnas)
- Re: Risks of automatic flight (flying at low level) (Brinton Cooper)
- Automated brokerage service (Kent M Pitman)
- Re: Broadcast local area networks are a'comin (Brinton Cooper, P.J. Karafiol)
- Re: Electronic cash (Bob Stratton, Rick Smith, Stephen Perelgut, Art Medlar, who-news?, Ed Ravin, Leslie DeGroff)
Issue 85 (31 January 1991)-
- Benefits of Computers, Valentine's Day Edition (Jay Elinsky)
- Re: Auto Pilot Problems (David B. Horvath)
- Re: Risks of automatic flight (Gordon D. Wishon)
- Re: Patriots (Alex Bangs, Jerry Leichter, Martyn Thomas, Henry Spencer, Frank Ritter, David B. Horvath)
- Re: Broadcast local area networks are a'comin (Russ Housley, Frank Letts, Rich Rosenbaum, Ian Clements)

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