Posted on 02/15/2003 3:32:18 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:30:22 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The White House on Friday released the nation's first cybersecurity strategy, containing about half the recommendations of a wider-ranging earlier draft and largely leaving the task of Internet security to voluntary efforts by corporations and individual Americans.
After kicking off its crafting of the strategy with a high-profile event in the fall in Silicon Valley, the administration quietly posted the final version on its Web site Friday, saying the low-key release was prudent amid a heightened terror alert.
(Excerpt) Read more at bayarea.com ...
Remember "War Games"? Laughable. The idea that a computer capable of launching nuclear missiles could be contacted by dial-up was ludicrous.
The problem is determining which systems need to be isolated--IMHO.
--Boris
I'm delighted that they said this. Nothing could be more important. Personally, I'd recommend that people consider getting a LinkSys hub as well as a ZoneAlarm firewall. I find that mine blocks almost all probes from outside.
As for the suggestion that the government should push software developers to beef up security, I think that would be a disaster. No one does a worse job on this kind of complex stuff than federal bureaucrats.
No one does a worse job on this kind of complex stuff than federal bureaucrats.
Does duct tape work against internet viruses, I wonder ;-?
And of course everyone will. </sarcasm>
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