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Sat Aug 29 12:57:02 UTC 2009

I must have missed the phrasing that says "nobody else can make an
independent decision regarding any security measure above and beyond the
minimum standards"...

I'll go back and look for that.

Scott

Florian Weimer wrote:
> * Scott Morris:
>
>   
>> I'm trying really hard to find my "paranoia hat", and just to relieve
>> some boredom I read the entire bill to try to figure out where this was
>> all coming from....
>>
>> "(2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or
>> shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal
>> Government or United States critical infrastructure information system
>> or network;"
>>     
>
> Wouldn't this mean you're allowed to set emergency ACLs only if a
> cybersecurity emergency has been declared by the President?
>
>   