[AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.

[Sean K. Finn]

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-20100622-yuf5.html


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.

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 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.
-Sigh-

Great, now we're the babysitters for the nanny states, too.
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