Well technologically it's feasible to have a secure connection between my home and Iraq, that much certainly is true. The part that I think you are not considering is that the government wouldn't have control over our workstations. First off, you will never be allowed to connect a personal computer, thumb drive or any device to a classified system (directly or indirectly via the interwebs) or even a non-classified system (other then the webs). This is for the obvious virus implications but even more timely the data theft implications (i.e. wikileaks.org). Not to mention patches, virus scanner software, etc. that they cannot force down to your computer. Right now, if even the slightest hint of a problem is found on your computer (like an old Adobe Acrobat vulnerability or something), IA drops your connection until you have your computer baseline'd (rebuilt to the standard configuration) no questions asked. On a related note, we no longer run Norton because they were bought by a Chinese company.
Now, if you were suggesting setting up a secured, army (or whatever service you contract for) run computer center somewhere in the states, that employees could then drive too and "remote" in from there, I can definitely see that. I think that would be a great, because quite frankly I am sick of showering with other dudes. Oh that and the whole government contracting industry needs a huge overhaul. Them's just my two cents. On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Erika L. Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > My thoughts exactly. The governments talk to each other on a daily basis > over high tech super secret connections. We all know that :) I don't believe > that's a reason for a telecommute position, secret or otherwise. > > But I get that each case is different. > > Just wondering aloud. > > On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> though I am sure with a VPN plus >> other measures, a secure connection could be made that would meet even >> government security measures. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326942 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
