The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC)
established. Located in the FBI's headquarters building in
Washington, D.C., the NIPC brings together representatives from
U.S. government agencies, state and local governments, and the
private sector in a partnership to protect our nation's critical
infrastructures.
March
EarthLink receives a $2-million consent judgment in its suit
against infamous spammer Cyber Promotions, Inc. and its founder,
Sanford Wallace.
In support of Presidential Decision Directive 63 , FedCIRC
is created to provide a central focal point for incident
reporting, handling, prevention and recognition. The purpose is
to ensure the government has critical services available in
order to withstand or quickly recover from attacks against its
information resources.
PDD-63 established the position of National Coordinator for
Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter Terrorism.
June
SMIL
1.0 published. This allows authors to create synchronized
multimedia presentations on the Web.
August
Apple Computer's iMac (short for Internet Macintosh) lands on
store shelves and is an instant hit with consumers.
October
DOM
level 1 specification published. "DOM is an application
programming interface for providing access to document
structure, style, events, and more. Because it does not rely on
a particular programming language, it facilitates the design of
active Web pages and provides a standard interface for other
software to manipulate HTML and XML documents." -- World
Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
