[52959] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: More federal management of key components of the Internet needed
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Thu Oct 24 06:55:06 2002
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 03:53:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
To: Alan Hannan <alan@routingloop.com>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20021023220511.A20084@routingloop.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Alan Hannan wrote:
> > I don't understand how giving the US federal government management control
> > of key components of the Internet will make it more secure.
>
> It worked for airline security.
Yeah... removing shoes and "randomly" searching peace activists while
allowing to carry on glass bottles containing unknown liquids on board.
Holding air companies liable for lax security could've been a lot more
efficient.
--vadim
