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Bush Wants an Unhackable Private Network
Slur points out an article at the New York Times which says that the "Bush administration is considering the creation of a secure new government communications network separate from the Internet that would be less vulnerable to attack and efforts to disrupt critical federal activities," writing "It seems to me money would be better spent getting the next-generation Internet going, for the government to fund more of the existing research and standards boards to create protocols that are invulnerable to the kinds of attacks the government seems to fear, namely massive DOS attacks. Or is there something else a 'net terrorist' could do to 'disrupt the vital flow of information'?" Isn't hard-to-disrupt communication the reason that DARPA got involved in this "Internet" business anyhow? Update: 11/19 22:48 GMT by T : This was mentioned before a little while ago when USA Today wrote about the same concept, but apparently a Digital Pearl Harbor is still being flogged.
That was so funny I forgot to flame you for trying to be funny.
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don't you mean his cone of silence?
(how many other people think he resembles maxwell smart a little?)
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yeah, and i want a cute-smart-slashdot-editor...
sheesh.. c'mon timothy...
OT? maybe, but we're commenting on the article, and this is my comment on the article.
from the and-i-want-a-cute-smart-girl dept
Shouldn't this be from the and-i-want-a-cute-smart-bisexual-girl dept
"Our products just aren't engineered for security,"
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I will never believe that the Republicans are against big government.
I'll take public libraries and health care over a gluttonously large military and an ultra-strong federal government any day.
Don't "misunderestimate" Bush's private internet plans, "hispanically speaking".
Men believe what they want. - Caesar