[AusNOG] Telecommunications Sector Security Reforms

[Mark Smith]

On 19 Sep. 2017 5:36 pm, "Paul Wilkins" <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com> wrote:

"you just have to try your best" goes only as far as the provider's
internal network and systems. There's no provision for protection of the
data plane or services delivered to third parties.



Yes there is, and most of it is around 20 years old c.f.
HTTPS/SSL/TLS/IPsec.




Kind regards

Paul Wilkins

On 19 September 2017 at 17:25, Eric Pinkerton <misterpink at gmail.com> wrote:

> >The State/Taxpayer has never once picked up the bill for a network
> security incident.
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> The bill for these things is mostly paid for by the blood sweat and tears
> of those affected. Anyone who had had their identity stolen for example
> will tell you just how painful and costly it is.
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> Regardless the language of this law is pretty woolly, you just have to try
> your best, and if you get caught doing something shonky you well get asked
> to stop.
>
> It's not much different to a restaurant with poor hygiene standards
> getting fined for making people sick IMHO.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On 19 Sep 2017, at 5:02 pm, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org> wrote:
> >
> > The State/Taxpayer has never once picked up the bill for a network
> security incident.
>


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