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U.S. Interior Dept. Unplugged... Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the is-there-a-sysadmin-in-the-house? dept.

IO ERROR writes "The U.S. District Court ordered the Department of Interior to take all its systems offline for the third time, saying that its systems were too insecure to be left open. Among the systems to go offline are those that process payments owed to American Indians and Internet access in schools on Indian reservations. DOI employees cannot use the Web or send or receive e-mail."

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  1. Re:No OS mentioned in the article by ciroknight · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not to sound trollish, but why does it matter?

    If it were linux or one of the BSD's, the government would be up and at arms about it, screaming how linux was insecure, and that *we* needed to fix this and that and that and that.. If it's microsoft, well, nobody ever got fired for choosing microsoft. They'll politely call Tech support and M$ will offer to "Upgrade" their security for a large sum, and the government will agree like usual.

    Which, to you, sounds more likely to be the case?

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