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Federal Cyberspace Policy Draft Released
mh_cryptonomicon writes "The initial public draft of the National Strategy for Securing Cyberspace was released today. This document outlines the Administration's plan for ensuring that the Net remains a 'good neighborhood.' Following the release of the plan, the Administration's Cybersecurity team will take it on the road for discussions with the people about what can and should be done to protect and defend the net. More information (and the 65 page draft) can be downloaded from the White House's Critical Infrastructure Protection site. This draft is considerably smaller than the 3300 page monster it was reported as being. Commentary is starting to pop up everywhere, including www.cryptonomicon.net/blog/."
"Everybody has to do his own thing to protect cyberspace," he said.
Excellent, a government guideline I can get behind!
I'll take my laptop down to the beach, get stoned out of my mind, and watch this high quality version of Attack of the Clones I finally downloaded, then take a nap.
Wake me up when I've made the net secure - and try and explain it slowly, this south american shit I got utterly destroys you. I'll be laughing at stains on the ceiling 'til new years, no lie.
The good and new comes from no quarter where it is looked for, and is always something different from what is expected.
Don't worry, the net will be safe for the next 10-15 minutes while all the hackers go get their laughs.
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
scp great.firewall.of.china cybersecurity@us.gov:
I should have picked out the nickname Demosthenes!Tecumseh.
Well, despite all it's security holes, I'd gather this was pretty important from a design standpoint. :)
Al Gore had in creating this document.
Well, obviously the fist thing we need to do is get rid of that Megabyte character. Where are Bob, Dot, Matrix, AndrAia and Frisket (especially Firsket!), when you need them?
OT but I just wonder if everytime someone uses the term "cyberspace" like this if William Gibson just wants to kill himself?
Cypherpunks: Civil Liberty Through Complex Mathematics. Those who live by the sword die by the arrow.
Freaking busybodies...
I will put my router up on cinderblocks in my front yard if I damn well want to...
-- Terry
"There have been a few articles now in the press that state there could easily be a terrorist attack on the internet which I merly laughted at but it seems that average joe in the street thinks that a bunch of Afganistan cavemen could seriously achive this."
/. moderators could mod up such vitrol and bigotry. Not to mention your rather self-centered wrap-up comment. Since when did the internet exist for your own personal pleasure? While you might pleasure yourself while on the internet, this is not the same thing as the internet existing to pleasure you personally. I think it's time to change the tin-foil on your head. The mind-beams are starting to seep in.
With comments like this it's no wonder why we underestimated the capabilities of Al Queda. And to think