[88452] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Did anyone else notice the CAIDA skitter poster in the background
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Etaoin Shrdlu)
Mon Feb 6 11:10:59 2006
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:12:08 -0800
From: Etaoin Shrdlu <shrdlu@deaddrop.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <C35ADD020AEBD04383C1F7F644227FDF013FE601@xmb-sjc-227.amer.cisco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Barry Greene (bgreene) wrote:
[moved comment to bottom; top posting bad]
>>From: Martin Hannigan [mailto:hannigan@renesys.com]
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[also hate outlook]
>>At 06:02 PM 2/5/2006, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
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>>>Joe McGuckin wrote:
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>>>>http://tinyurl.com/doy6r
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>>>Um... (noticed on other lists, by the way)
>>>
>>>http://securitywizardry.com/radar.htm
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>>>
The *entire* point of that, was to make it clear that everything you saw
was *manufactured*, that the NSA (and other agencies) are _not_ going to
have data up on a screen that pertains to _anything_ during a photo op,
with a bunch of reporters and politicos.
>>I like the skitter chart, but at the Vegas NANOG, Barry
>>Greene disclaimed it and said it was "out of date". I hope
>>the NSA is using up to date data. It would be horrific if
>>they weren't.
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My bet is that they have more up to date data.
>>>Maybe now the US Gov can open their pocket book and pay for Skitter? :-)
>>>
>>>
Well, as I'd said first time around, it was probably just an image that
was a part of the overall construction. Amusing to look at, but I doubt
whether you can take anything you see there as reality.
--
Everyone picks and chooses, an infinite number of times a day.
- David Phalen, One For the Road, in Analog, March 2001
