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RE: White House Net security summit

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike Bostardi)
Fri Sep 22 12:48:33 2000

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From: Mike Bostardi <Mike.Bostardi@visitalk.com>
To: 'Wayne Bouchard' <web@typo.org>, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 09:46:05 -0700
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More than likely laws will be passed that gives the Feds the ability to fine
you $100 US for not changing your passwords every 30days. IHMO this latest
"White House Meeting" is another example of the government attempting to
regulate something that they have no clue and no business in. Whats next a
committee on minimum router config standards...   I'm done 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Bouchard [mailto:web@typo.org]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 6:35 PM
> To: Sean Donelan
> Cc: nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: White House Net security summit
> 
> 
> 
> Is security in an environment where new applications are installed on
> an almost daily basis something you can really regulate? In some
> regards, the thought of Washington getting involved here scares
> me.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2000 at 03:03:55PM -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
> > 
> > I guess if you snooze you loose.  For anyone who didn't 
> know from MSNBC
> > 
> >  "A group of key high-tech executives agreed at a White 
> House meeting earlier
> >   today to move forward on a plan to set minimum security 
> standards for big
> >   companies that connect to the Internet, MSNBC.com has 
> learned. The meeting
> >   was attended by Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Boeing, the 
> National Security Agency
> >   and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Norm Mineta."
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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> Wayne Bouchard                                    [Immagine Your    ]
> web@typo.org                                      [Company Name Here]
> Network Engineer
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