[AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.

[Daniel Hood]

Come on guys.

If the government got rid of porn and piracy (think Conroy's magic
filter) and viruses / botnets (latest article)... Then why the hell
would aussies need 100mbps? If you take away those three things,
theres just pretty much wikipedia and online banking... And I can't
browse enough wikipedia to take up 1mbps let alone 100.

Daniel

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:12 PM, Andrew E <edo at ohlawd.net> wrote:
> This raises so many questions, and it's wrong on so many levels. In short -
> I am disappoint.
>
> I saw a similar article this morning and it was a facepalm moment. I think
> it would be better to invest in some education, which would maybe fix the
> root of the problem, rather than come up with these crazy schemes.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 6/22/2010 2:45 PM, Sean K. Finn wrote:
>
> 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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