At 12:35 AM 10/14/2001 GMT, David Wagner wrote:
Mike Brodhead wrote:
Just about all of the private-sector conferences I have attended
require registration.
I think this is a poor example. I expect you'd be welcome to use
the name 'John Smith' and pay cash, if you like.
Using the name John
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:28:52PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
What is this lunacy about registering? Does someone seriously think
that terrorists will attack the National Institute of Standards?
Or that if they were serious about attacking, they wouldn't just
pre-register their real or fake
It's often cheaper not to handle cash because you can use employees in a
lower pay grade and/or ones who are not bonded. Cash is easier to steal,
the incentive to palm it rather than ring it up is higher. and there are
often extensive bureaucratic rules about handling it throughout the food
workshop is scheduled for November 1-2 at NIST. Registration is REQUIRED
because of enhanced security procedures (i.e., so that attendees can be
admitted to the NIST campus). Please see
http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/kms/workshop2-page.html for registration
information.
What is this
I will not participate in activities that require me to identify
myself to the government, or to be pre-vetted for attendance.
Just about all of the private-sector conferences I have attended
require registration. The same goes for any decent hotel. Does this
bother me? Sure it does, but
Mike Brodhead wrote:
Just about all of the private-sector conferences I have attended
require registration.
I think this is a poor example. I expect you'd be welcome to use the
name 'John Smith' and pay cash, if you like.
I think the real point is this: We see, all too often, cases where it
NIST's Computer Security Division has recently made the following
information available:
1. A report of the Second Modes of Operation Workshop, which was held in
the Santa Barbara area on August 24, is available at
http://csrc.nist.gov/encryption/modes/workshop2/index.html.
2. A change
