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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: DOD mulls Internet disconnect (Re: The future of NAPs and IXPs)
On Mon, Apr 19, 1999 at 04:18:12PM -0500, Sean Donelan wrote: > >It's worth pointing out, as a sidebar to that, that the greater the > >dependence on interconnection, the more hardened it's _feasible_ to make > >that interconnection environment, assuming you've rolled your numbers > >right. Staying on the proper side of that curve is important... > > Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can harden anything enough. The > Internet was built on the assumption diversity buys reliability better than > hardening. To this day, it seems to be a hard thing to do in practice. It > is much easier to adopt the bunker mentality, and try to protect it all > behind one big wall. Which doesn't work much better in practice, but pays > consultants a lot better. <chuckle> > Normally, I wouldn't assume Lt. Generals understand technical matters > very well, prefering instead to listen to majors and below. I have > no clue what the Lt. General is thinking changing .mil to .com will > do for security. > > http://www.fcw.com/pubs/fcw/1999/0419/fcw-newsdod-4-19-99.html Well, from the piece, either the reporter or the officer fails to understand the fundamental disconnect between the two namespaces and their implications. > I wonder if the Lt. General realizes the damage he may end up doing. Of course not. _I_ wonder if he's _listening_ to his Colonels... > Some of us "outsiders" have long relied on information from the military > web sites to help us improve the design of our own infrastructures. Which > in turn the government relies on to carry out its mission. It is a fallicy > to think you can provide the information needed to protect the network to > just one or two "cleared" companies. I'm not "cleared," yet I still need > provide information assurance services to my clients. It would be a shame > if a hacker chopped three "zeros" off a defense spending bill. I thought > the government had figured there is more interdependence between all levels > after all its critical infrastructure studies in the last couple of years. If this was true, then they wouldn't have shut down the OTA a couple years ago; they being some of the few people on the Hill who were waiting at the station when the Clue Train stopped there. (www.cluetrain.org) > Sorry, I just had to vent. You go. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [email protected] Member of the Technical Staff Buy copies of The New Hackers Dictionary. The Suncoast Freenet Give them to all your friends. Tampa Bay, Florida http://www.ccil.org/jargon/ +1 813 790 7592
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