Did anyone else notice the CAIDA skitter poster in the background of George Bush's speech at the NSA?

Mon Feb 6 16:12:08 UTC 2006

Barry Greene (bgreene) wrote:

[moved comment to bottom; top posting bad]

>>From: Martin Hannigan [mailto:hannigan at renesys.com] 
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[also hate outlook]

>>At 06:02 PM 2/5/2006, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote:
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>>>Joe McGuckin wrote:
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>>>>http://tinyurl.com/doy6r
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>>>Um... (noticed on other lists, by the way)
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>>>http://securitywizardry.com/radar.htm
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The *entire* point of that, was to make it clear that everything you saw 
was *manufactured*, that the NSA (and other agencies) are _not_ going to 
have data up on a screen that pertains to _anything_ during a photo op, 
with a bunch of reporters and politicos.

>>I like the skitter chart, but at the Vegas NANOG, Barry 
>>Greene disclaimed it and said it was "out of date". I hope 
>>the NSA is using up to date data. It would be horrific if 
>>they weren't.
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My bet is that they have more up to date data.

>>>Maybe now the US Gov can open their pocket book and pay for Skitter? :-)
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Well, as I'd said first time around, it was probably just an image that 
was a part of the overall construction. Amusing to look at, but I doubt 
whether you can take anything you see there as reality.

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