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U.S. Department of Interior Ordered Offline

Posted by chrisd on from the talking-about-the-departments dept.

The whole of the U.S. Department of Interior has been forced off of the internet as a result of a court case Cobell v. Babbit. This was the result of compromises with the Microsoft Windows servers. A judge decided to take the whole of the organization down. Should this judge have this much power? Info here on the indian trust web site. This includes the BLM, USGS and the Park Service. Staggering, really. CD: Hold off on the blaming of MS, it's still not clear.

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  1. Why is there a link... by bc90021 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...if it has been ordered offline? ;)

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  2. Should a judge by smaug195 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    have this much power? I mean I would understand holding in contempt or fining a large amount but bringing down a computer network? There is something there that reeks of misuse of power.

  3. If my personal information was on computers... by smkndrkn · · Score: 1, Redundant

    ...that were as easily broken into as those of the department of interior I would want them to make it more secure first as well. If they are incapable of that they should be taken offline until the safety of the information is addressed.

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  4. Why bother by lavaforge · · Score: 2, Redundant

    This was the result of compromises with the Microsoft Windows servers

    Just wait until it crashes in a couple of weeks and the problem will be solved.

  5. Are you sure it's a MS server? by itwerx · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I just skimmed through a bunch of the articles and can't find any mention, anywhere, of what software is running their site.
    (Kind of annoying, actually, crappy sysadmins or not it would be nice to know.)
    If anybody finds a mention, please post a link to the specific article.