[117063] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Mon Aug 31 12:31:54 2009
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:31:02 -0400
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
To: Reese <reese@inkworkswell.com>
In-Reply-To: <4A9C051E.9090904@inkworkswell.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:15:10 -0500
Reese <reese@inkworkswell.com> wrote:
> Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote:
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:59:34 +1000, Jeff Young said:
> >> Having met more than a few people in government IT, all jokes
> >> aside, I think they're pretty well equipped to know when and if
> >> they need to disconnect from the Internet, even without an
> >> executive order.
> >
> > Department of the Interior had *how* many court-ordered
> > disconnections?
>
> Does this tread on open "secrets," inside knowledge, or hoped-for
> info? Just asking, I'm guessing you know something I don't and I'd
> like to be in on it.
>
I'm not sure what you're asking. Those disconnections were
well-covered in the press. Start with
http://www.doi.gov/news/grilesmemo.htm but there's a lot more that a
quick google search will find.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
