Migrating wouldn't stop the government from prosecuting your stateside entity for failure to comply. All the same though i hope everyone can understand that while the jist of my email seems to be in favor of these measures I personally am not. If the ultimate goal is a security panacea then that is what it would take. One platform all managed under a tightly controlled department. Think communist dictatorship for the internet. I personally think that while the protocols could use some updates the solution isn't legislation, but acceptance that mistakes happen and understanding that adding more bureaucracy only increases the places mistakes can happen. Jason P. Van Patten Website Development [email protected] Infogenix: www.infogenix.com
On 4/26/2011 1:58 PM, Eric Jacobs wrote: > On Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Jason Van Patten wrote: >> The solution is to run computer security through the federal >> government. > I'll be migrating out of the country at that point... Government > mandated security practices sounds like a terrible idea. Here is my > prediction if something like that were to pass: > The government would end up subsidizing Microsoft Windows because > that's what most officials already use. > In order to gain access to the internet, you would need a government > approved operating system with government approved AV, and only using > government approved programs. This kills off freely available Linux. > Getting software government approved would be incredibly expensive. > Look at the state of getting drugs approved with the FDA. It's > incredibly costly. This kills off free software. > > And why? In the name of Security™. That's probably a little > sensationalist, but definitely possible of the government takes over > the networks in the US and mandates security practices. > > Rather than letting the government tell us what to do, we should be > education children about good security practices. > > -- > Eric Jacobs > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
