[AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.

[Mark Prior]

Sean K. Finn wrote:
> http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lose-the-net-20100622-yuf5.html
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> 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-
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> 
> Great, now we’re the babysitters for the nanny states, too.

Could be fun for them to argue with my corporate IT folks in the US that 
the browser they force us to use is not acceptable :-)

Mark.