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Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?


From: cmaurand () xyonet com
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 19:23:54 -0400 (EDT)


I don't know, but #2 reads more like: If the president orders it,
compromised federal websites or federal websites under attack can be
ordered off the internet.  That doesn't look to me like they can shut you
down or require you to be a certified cyber-security person.

--Curtis

I must have missed the phrasing that says "nobody else can make an
independent decision regarding any security measure above and beyond the
minimum standards"...

I'll go back and look for that.



Scott


Florian Weimer wrote:
* Scott Morris:


I'm trying really hard to find my "paranoia hat", and just to relieve
some boredom I read the entire bill to try to figure out where this was
all coming from....

"(2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or
shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal
Government or United States critical infrastructure information system
or network;"


Wouldn't this mean you're allowed to set emergency ACLs only if a
cybersecurity emergency has been declared by the President?







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