<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Alas have seen the same thing more than once from Government(s) and other bodies that crucify companies for privacy breaches, and the same sad reply – first X Wants to recall message A, next sorry please don’t use the information. </div><div><br></div><div>It’s Friday night after a long week so all is forgiven. Do the TGIF dance ;-)</div><div><br></div><div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div><div>Chris Hurley BE (Elec)</div><div>Signal Manager</div><div><br></div><div>******************************************************</div><div>Dragon Rail Pty Ltd Phone: 1300 730 531 </div><div>74 Allanfield Crescent </div><div>Boronia, 3155 Victoria </div><div>Australia </div><div>******************************************************</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Geneva; font-size:10pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> AusNOG <<a href="mailto:ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net</a>> on behalf of "<a href="mailto:paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au">paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au">paul+ausnog@oxygennetworks.com.au</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Friday, 10 November 2017 at 5:22 pm<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:ausnog@lists.ausnog.net">ausnog@lists.ausnog.net</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [AusNOG] Security, the government, and sweets<br></div><div><br></div><div xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div lang="EN-AU" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I’m sure that there are many people, probably quite a few who are on this list, who have been receiving the TSSR information from our friends at the Government Critical Infrastructure Centre, and a couple of hundred of them who are also carriers, if not here is the link, you really should have a look…..<a href="https://www.ag.gov.au/telcosecurity">AG Telco Security Webpage</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I found it refreshing when considering the TSSR effort to make us all believe that we knew nothing about how to secure our networks, ok so some might not, but alas found it refreshing to know that one of the key government organisations which we are supposed to be co-operating with as an industry, amazingly the Competition Branch of the Department of Communication and Arts, decided this morning to send every carrier the email addresses of the primary contact for every other carrier.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Maybe some people don’t see any issue with this, but seriously, this is what the government who are telling us that they need to vet our networks, equipment, and firmware before we can use it are doing themselves.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I honestly wonder how in today’s world of communications, when somebody doesn’t know how to use a CC field in an email to protect the recipients of such emails then how are they supposed to know better than the industry about stuff as complicated as security.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for the rant, but I just felt it needed to be said <span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Please don’t flame me, it’s Friday !!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Paul<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div>_______________________________________________
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