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Security-Conscious NASA Tightens e-Mail Policy - UPDATE
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 21:13:50 GMT
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via MSNBC. [snip] Even as it prepares for its first nighttime shuttle launch in four years, NASA has clamped down on its computer network policies, due to security concerns raised about documents sent as e-mail attachments. Shuttle planners were reportedly adjusting their e-mail routines to accommodate the new network limits, and the policy change wasn't expected to impact plans to launch the shuttle Discovery on its 12-day mission to the international space station. Liftoff is scheduled at 9:35 p.m. ET Thursday, although unacceptable weather conditions could force a postponement. Representatives at NASA Headquarters told MSNBC.com on Thursday that the new limits would block the receipt of Microsoft Word documents coming in to the space agency's core computer network as e-mail attachments. [snip] More: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16095705/ Perhaps it is because of this? :-) http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/12/monthly_microsoft_patch_ releas.html - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.1 (Build 1557) wj8DBQFFedWIq1pz9mNUZTMRAuWgAJ9s6J/+d8PLzzoQ/hhVmK7Y+x+c7gCfTXws JGL5bBEP5bM/I6Cq6tO7wTU= =aa2a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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