From: Eugene Leitl (Eugene.Leitl@lrz.uni-muenchen.de)
Date: Sat Dec 22 2001 - 17:23:25 MST
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 hal@finney.org wrote:
> I agree, it is not shocking that the government is spending money on
> network security and is encouraging its contractors and business
> partners to do so. I don't know whether the current crop of
The government could save money while increasing network security. Of
course it won't, because the true quest is not about saving money nor
increasing the safety of the network.
> terrorists is that net-savvy that they could launch a coordinated
> assault, but the vulnerabilities exist which would make it possible.
At this day and age: 1) the knowledge is arcane, limited to nonmobilizable
fringe groups 2) the worst case damage possible is negligable (relatively,
at least; Redmond is not accused of running a terrorist op).
Why are we still buying the propaganda?
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