[AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.

[Peter Adkins]

> "Yes, and the correct analogy would be that "if your car detects that
> your seatbelt isn't properly fastened, your car will refuse to leave
> your driveway"."

I'd avoid that analogy as some already do similar.

We're dealing with politicians here, and unfortunately, a lot of them are of
the mentality that if they can disprove your analogy then they've disproved
your argument.

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 3:10 PM, Richard Phillis
<richard at staff.msi.net.au>wrote:

> Yes, and the correct analogy would be that "if your car detects that
> your seatbelt isn't properly fastened, your car will refuse to leave
> your driveway".
>
> On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:35 +1000, Steve Lisson wrote:
> > I love the part of the article:
> >
> > MacGibbon acknowledged the measure might sound harsh but noted that we
> > expect this level of regulatory approach in the offline world, likening
> > it to car safety regulations such as those forcing people to wear seat
> > belts.
> >
> > Woot! We are getting internet seatbelts!
> >
> > What other kinds of 'protection' will the government want to implement?
> > :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> > [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Richard
> > Sent: Tuesday, 22 June 2010 3:18 PM
> > To: ausnog at ausnog.net
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Oh this is a good laugh.
> >
> > *Sigh*
> >
> > One can only hope that the Kogan 'Portector' is on the approved list!
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 14:45 +1000, Sean K. Finn wrote:
> > >
> > http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/secure-your-pc-or-lo
> > se-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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Peter Adkins

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