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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Perhaps it’s a good time to start selling NAC solutions..<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sean K. Finn<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 22 June 2010 2:45 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'ausnog@ausnog.net'<br><b>Subject:</b> [AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-20100622-yuf5.html">http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-20100622-yuf5.html</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.55pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:black'>Australians would be unable to access the internet without having anti-virus and firewall programs installed and a virus-free machine under a new plan put forward by a year-long parliamentary cyber-crime inquiry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:9.6pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:11.55pt;vertical-align:baseline;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:inherit;color:black'>A prominent cyber-security consultant, Alastair MacGibbon, who is a former director of the AFP's Australian High Tech Crime Centre and eBay's former security chief, has called for the proposal to be taken a step further <b>by forcing ISPs to actively monitor the security of users' machines and block them from connecting if their browser, security and operating system software is not up to standards.<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Sigh-<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Great, now we’re the babysitters for the nanny states, too.<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>