Re: Australian Govt. releases results of Inquiry into cyber crime

[Charles Miller <cmiller () securityevaluators com>]

Surely if everyone ran antivirus, no one would ever get infected, so why even have plans to disconnect people ;)

On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:45 PM, quispiam lepidus wrote:

> Full PDF: http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/coms/cybercrime/report/full_report.pdf
>
> Individual Chapters:
> http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/coms/cybercrime/report.htm
>
> Related article:
> http://www.news.com.au/technology/no-anti-virus-software-no-internet-connection/story-e6frfro0-1225882656490
>
> "AUSTRALIANS would be forced to install anti-virus and firewall
> software on their computers before being allowed to connect to the
> internet under a new plan to fight cyber crime.
>
> And if their computer did get infected, internet service providers
> like Telstra and Optus could cut off their connection until the
> problem was resolved.
>
> Those are two of the recommendations to come from a year-long inquiry
> into cyber crime by the House of Representatives Standing Committee on
> Communications."
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