[p2p-research] Fwd: meeting on p2p risks to national sec

[Paul D. Fernhout]

More in the news on this:
   "P2P Network Exposes Obama's Safehouse Location"
http://it.slashdot.org/story/09/07/29/205207/P2P-Network-Exposes-Obamas-Safehouse-Location
   "The location of the safe house used in times of emergency for the First 
Family was leaked on a LimeWire file-sharing network recently, a fact 
revealed today to members of the House Oversight and Government Reform 
Committee. Along with the safe house location, the LimeWire networks also 
disclosed presidential motorcade routes, as well as sensitive but 
unclassified document that listed details on every nuclear facility in the 
country. Now lawmakers are considering a bill to ban P2P use on government, 
contractor networks."
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136053/Details_on_presidential_motorcades_safe_house_for_First_Family_leak_via_P2P

Although here is one posters comment on why this sounds to them like BS made 
up for a company to profit by monitoring for p2p apps:
   http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1319451&cid=28874239

--Paul Fernhout
http://www.pdfernhout.net/