[NCSG-Discuss] CISPA 2.0

[Olivier Kouami]

What a lesson of wisdom ! bro ... ;-)
Cheers !
-Olevie-


2013/1/30, Carl Smith <lectriclou at hotmail.com>:
> Thanks Alex,
>
> Wisdom is universal among the wise.
>
> Lou
>
> On 1/30/2013 12:59 AM, Alex Gakuru wrote:
>>
>> IN KENYA the Agikuyu say, “*/Mundu utari nguku ona imwe ndagiriiruo ni
>> gutuithia ciira wa nguku./*” Loosely translated, “A person who does
>> not have even a single hen is not supposed to be elevated to
>> adjudicate over matters poultry/disputes. If more contextually put, a
>> parent is wiser if entrusts their child to the care of another parent
>> than to an individual who does not have a child -- thus lack the full
>> experience of having and raising a child. Is is not common knowledge
>> that kids are such bundles of joy? ;-)
>>
>> Should the child under their watch falter or err, such an individual
>> is likely to impulsively meter out terribly harsh punishments – unlike
>> a fellow parent whom would otherwise hesitate before taking such
>> drastic punitive actions.
>>
>> So much for cultural cross pollination in one day.
>>
>> enjoy,
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Michael Haffely <ncuc at jollyrogers.com
>> <mailto:ncuc at jollyrogers.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     It concerns me that "I don't use email, some would call me a
>>     Luddite <http://mashable.com/2012/09/28/janet-napolitano-email/>"
>>     Napalitano wants DHS to have "/greater access to internet and
>>     cybersecurity information from the private sector/"  She doesn't
>>     have anything to be concerned about or lose as she isn't a
>>     participant of/in either the internet or the private sector.  She
>>     also said of a potential "Digital 9/11" "/There are things we can
>>     and should be doing right now that, if not prevent, would mitigate
>>     the extent of the damage" /What things?  What isn't being done?
>>
>>     I also have doubts about the "Cyber Pearl Harbor that will occur
>>     and be as bad as the September 11 attacks" meme that is thrown
>>     about. In my opinion there has not been a Cyber Pearl Harbor
>>     threat model that isn't akin to a movie plot, and the security
>>     community is, for the most part, very good with sharing/alerting
>>     when a weird problem arises (CERT, SANS ISC, Mitre's CVE, informal
>>     lines of communication, etc.).  I would encourage United States
>>     citizens to contact your representatives and let them know that
>>     this not the direction we should go, the proposed measures do
>>     little to pro-actively protect the internet as giving DHS access
>>     to "internet and cybersecurity information" will not protect, nor
>>     prevent an attack (and what would they do with it?  Raid offices
>>     of companies with unpatched equipment/servers?  Force them to
>>     upgrade? Require attestation of compliance?).  Information of this
>>     type would probably only be useful to attempt prosecution after an
>>     event.
>>
>>     It's an incomplete thought but just my two cents.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>     On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Carl Smith
>>     <lectriclou at hotmail.com <mailto:lectriclou at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>             Homeland Security's Napolitano invokes 9/11 to push for
>>             CISPA 2.0
>>
>>         Link https://rt.com/usa/news/napolitano-us-cyber-attack-761/
>>
>>         Lou
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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