Bruce Schneier on the US government's mishmash of a national cyberspace security plan:
The worst part of it is that some of the people involved in writing the document were high-powered, sincere security practitioners. It must have been a hard wake-up call for them to learn how things work in Washington. You can tell that a lot of thought and effort went into this document, and the fact that it was gutted at the behest of special interests is shameful...but typical.
Thanks to Karlin Lillington [[ t e c h n o c u l t u r e ]] for pointing this out. I'm currently re-reading Schneier's Secrets and Lies, the best book ever on net security. Schneier knows more about this space than anyone, period. So if he's unhappy with the Fed stance on cybersecurity, we've got a problem.
My take on the issue: encrypt everything. Strong encryption should be available (and usable, which is the current problem) to everyone. Freedom of speech and privacy depends on it. The right to communicate privately is, IMHO, a more important right than the right to bear arms. And strong encryption is the only way we'll retain net privacy.
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