kdf@ihlpa.UUCP.UUCP (04/12/87)
Path: ihlpa!kdf From: kdf@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Ken Frantzen) Newsgroups: mod.telecom Subject: Re: Dial '1' for faster service Message-ID: <3571@ihlpa.ATT.COM> Date: 12 Apr 87 03:20:29 GMT References: <8704080219.AA19687@seismo.CSS.GOV> Reply-To: kdf@ihlpa.UUCP (Ken Frantzen) Distribution: world Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 15 In article <8704080219.AA19687@seismo.CSS.GOV> robert@rabbit1.UUCP writes: >Subject: Re: Got message to press '1' for faster service >> >> Does anyone know what this means? How will pressing '1' at that point give >> me faster service? I was unable to discern any difference with or without. > >I assumed it was an on-site system at the mutual fund company. It may >have been done by AT&T or their local BOC, however. Would surprise me, though. This is an AT&T service offering. AT&T's Direct Services Dialing Network Services Complex sitting behind a 4ESS(tm) Switch detects your DTMF '1', plays the oral menu and, based on your subsequent digit selection, routes you to the desired service center. If you don't have a DTMF phone, an attendant will process your request.
smith@ncoast.UUCP.UUCP (04/13/87)
> Article <8703251425.AA20549@ektools.uucp> From: john@ektools.UUCP > In article <172329.870323.KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU> KFL@AI.AI.MIT.EDU ("Keith F. Lynch") writes: > >For broadcast stations, the FCC has ruled that stations East of the > >Mississippi begin with W, West of the Mississippi begin with K. (A > >very few early stations such as KDKA break this rule.) > > The rule must have been made since 1970, for that was about when Westinghouse > Broadcasting bought WRCV (?) radio and TV in Philadelphia and changed their > calls to KYW. The K-prefix and 3-character call are both unusual in the > Philadelphia area. > -- Call sign KYW (an old sign, just like KDKA) was formerly in Cleveland, Oh. I have trouble remembering all of the details, but the call sign change was required by the FCC. Sign KYW was moved to Philadelphia and WKYC (NBC) was moved from Philadelphia to Cleveland, Oh. -- decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!smith ncoast is dead, long live ncoast! ncoast!smith@case.csnet (ncoast!smith%case.csnet@csnet-relay.ARPA)
balenson@MIMSY.UMD.EDU.UUCP (04/15/87)
Path: mimsy!balenson From: balenson@mimsy.UUCP (David M. Balenson) Newsgroups: sci.crypt,mod.telecom Subject: DES Second Review Notice Message-ID: <6301@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 15 Apr 87 21:52:41 GMT Reply-To: balenson@mimsy.UUCP (David M. Balenson) Distribution: usa Organization: University of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Sci. Lines: 106 For your information, here is a copy of the Federal Register Notice regarding the second review of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 46, Data Encryption Standard (DES). If interested, please submit your written comments by June 4, 1987. The more comments we receive, the better NBS will be able to take a stance regarding the future of DES. Please feel free to distribute this notice to all who may be interested. Thank you. David M. Balenson (DB) [balenson@icst-ssi.ARPA] Security Technology Group / Computer Security Division National Bureau of Standards Technology A216 Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (301) 975-2910 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Federal Register / Vol. 52, No. 44 / Friday, March 6, 1987 / Notices ---------------------------------------------------------------------- National Bureau of Standards [Docket No. 70109-7009] Second Review of Federal Information Processing Standard 46, Data Encryption Standard (DES) AGENCY: National Bureau of Standards, Commerce. ACTION: Notice of second review of federal information processing standard (FIPS) 46, data encryption standard. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Federal Information Processing Standard 46, Data Encryption Standard, issued in 1977, provides an algorithm to be implemented in electronic hardware devices and used for the cryptographic protection of computer data. The standard provided that it be reviewed within five years to assess its adequacy. The first review was completed in 1983, and the standard was reaffirmed for Federal government use (48 FR 41062 dated September 13, 1983). The purpose of this notice is to announce the second review to assess the continued adequacy of the standard to protect computer data. Comments from industry and the public are invited on the following alternatives for FIPS 46. The costs (impacts) and benefits of these alternatives should be included in the comments. o Reaffirm the standard for another five (5) years. The National Bureau of Standards would continue to validate equipment that implements the standard. FIPS 46 would continue to be an approved method for protecting unclassified computer data against unauthorized modification or disclosure. o Withdraw the standard. The National Bureau of Standards would no longer continue to support the standard. Organizations could continue to utilize existing equipment that implements the standard, and non-government organizations could continue to develop new implementations as desired. Government organizations would begin to utilize new security devices as they become available through the Commercial Communication Security Endorsement Program of the National Security Agency. o Revise the applicability of the standard. The applicability statement of the standard would be changed to specify certain uses, such as using the standard for protecting Electronic Funds Transfers. Proposed technical changes to the algorithm will not be considered during this review. Interested parties may obtain a copy of FIPS 46 from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, telephone (703) 487-4650. DATE: Comments on this second review of FIPS 46 must be received on or before June 4, 1987. ADDRESS: Written comments concerning this standard should be submitted to the Director, Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, ATTN: Second Review of FIPS 46, Technology Building, Room B154, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Written comments received in response to this notice will be made part of the public record and will be made available for inspection and copying in the Central Reference and Records Inspection Facility, Room 6628, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th Street between Pennsylvania and Constitution Avenues NW., Washington, DC 20230. FOR FURTHUR INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Dennis Branstad, Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, (301) 975-2913. Dated: February 26, 1987. Ernest Ambler, Director [FR Doc. 87-4707 Filed 3-5-87 8:45am] Billing Code 3510-CN-M ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |David M. Balenson (DB) ARPA: balenson@maryland| |UUCP: {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!balenson CSNet: balenson@umcp-cs | +----------------------------------------------------------------------+