[57308] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Reporting Internet incidents to Homeland Security
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Thu Apr 3 11:06:56 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 11:01:50 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <00d801c2f9b8$7a96d840$f4d24dd4@yourqqh4336axf> from "Abdullah Ibn Hamad Al-Marri" at Apr 03, 2003 11:10:22 AM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
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> : "Many incidents can be handled by the private sector, but there is current
> : discussion about how to better define expectations on the government side
> : and to institutionalize what type of incidents will be automatically
> : reported to the government, Schmidt said."
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> What kind of incidents should be reported to gov? DDoS done by script
> kiddies don't live in the USA for example?
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> Webhosting folks should report the script kiddies using free homepages to
> host trojans?
Every 419 letter; they are clearly cover for a 5th column attack.
And most significant [given Schmidt's recent past], be sure he knows
of every "Latest Microsoft Security Update" you get....
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