<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I don't think this is law yet, as it still has to pass the Reps?<br><br></div>I support the legislation. It's government's responsibility to protect our national infrastructure. I'd have preferred the legislation go further, and that there were obligations to protect the data plane. I doubt there's a mandate even to compel use of RPF/BCP 38.<br><br></div>In practice, professional organisations will be little affected, because frankly it will be a cold day in hell before government are aware leave alone act on a vulnerability before secops have already closed the breach.<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Kind regards</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 19 September 2017 at 14:29, <a href="mailto:paul%2Bausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au">paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au</a> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au" target="_blank">paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div class="m_-5439654073796565668WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">For all of you who don’t lock you stuff down like fort knox, or like the government for that matter, look out ! <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The government, via the AG has now kicked off “The Critical Infrastructure Centre” to enforce their security agenda on your Carrier or Carriage Service Provider Network.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">You have 12 months to comply, as if we didn’t have enough to deal with already.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Should make for an interesting read in our spare time.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">More information: <a href="https://www.ag.gov.au/telcosecurity" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Attorney-General’s Department website</span></a><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Paul<u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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