[50914] in North American Network Operators' Group
Internet outage reporting databases (was Re: $400 million network
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Wed Aug 14 20:29:53 2002
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 20:29:23 -0400 (EDT)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <a05111b70b9808ce67750@[146.106.12.76]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Brad Knowles wrote:
> One of the lessons we were taught in our security briefings was
> that just because something was publicly discussed somewhere (e.g.,
> on a television show or in the newspaper) does not automatically make
> the information unclassified.
It works the other way too. I've found things I write in public about
Internet outages have a habit of ending up in places you need clearence.
Someday it would be nice if I could read what I wrote.
Scroll down this page:
http://www.ncs.gov/n5_hp/Customer_Service/XAffairs/NewService/2000-063.htm
The NCS gets the information the same way as everyone else. They
subscribe to NANOG.
To bring this on topic:
How would ISPs feel about officially contributing to NCS's efforts on
tracking Internet outages? Would you be willing to subscribe the NCS
to your customer outage notification lists?
> I personally know of classified data that has been leaked and
> published in print, and that's about all I'll say on that particular
> subject.
Last I heard, the Department of Energy library still considers the
February 1979 issue of "The Progressive" magazine classified. You might
find it in some public libraries.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/progressive.html
