[59089] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Rescheduled: P2P file sharing national security and personal security risks
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (McBurnett, Jim)
Sat Jun 14 12:08:29 2003
Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 12:07:53 -0400
From: "McBurnett, Jim" <jmcburnett@msmgmt.com>
To: "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk>,
"Richard Irving" <rirving@onecall.net>
Cc: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
HMMM...=20
Well, in the US, there is even the threat of lawsuit from an Employee =
that
get pornographic SPAM email... should the employer not make
efforts to block it, the employee can sue.. BUT it is the same =
argument..
Do we take the bad with the good? do we allow P2P when it can create =
security issues?
All this should be regulated by corporations not govermentt..
IE: Every business model is different..
A defense contractor should definately block p2p, but does a computer =
gaming company need to block it?
The Entire issue goes back to the job description of security =
professional....
Balancing the operational needs of XYZ vs. the hassle of certain =
security needs....
That is all this is... Some Senator or Congress member got wind of a =
"potential"
security issue, and in light of Sept 11, EVERYTHING is being =
scrutinized...
Anyway..
I've said enuf.....
J
From: Stephen J. Wilcox
Hmm where do you draw the line.. peer2peer file sharing, MS Networking, =
SMTP,=20
telephones, snail mail, visiting foreign countries, meeting people at =
all.. ?
Seems a bit silly to me to be having the conversation at all, its people =
who=20
willingly leak this information not the mechanism used thats at fault
Steve
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Richard Irving wrote:
> After all, how many meetings are there going to
> be assessing the risk SMTP has on National Security ?
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> Or, as you mentioned, MS file sharing...
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> And, remember, SMTP is -already- proven guilty of said Risk,
> and a far more -probable- culprit in future compromises... !
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> Reality Check.
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> My .02c
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> .Richard.
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> My, what interesting times we live in,
> and darn it, important people noticed me! :{
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> Sean Donelan wrote:
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> > June 10, 2003
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> > NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED FULL COMMITTEE HEARING
> > The Senate Committee on the Judiciary scheduled for Wednesday, June =
11,
> > 2003, at 2:00 p.m., on .The Dark Side of a Bright Idea: Could =
Personal
> > and National Security Risks Compromise the Potential of P2P =
File-Sharing
> > Networks?. has been rescheduled for Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 2:00 =
p.m.
> > in Room 226 of the Senate Dirksen Building.
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> > By order of the Chairman
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> > I wonder if anyone is going to mention that Microsoft Network =
Neighborhood
> > file sharing is a form of P2P file sharing.
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