IP Block 99/8 (DHS insanity - offtopic)

Mon Apr 23 21:04:26 UTC 2007

Bill Woodcock wrote:
>       On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote:
>     > ...what has that got to do with the DHS promoting an idea to sign IP
>     > space allocations and/or annoucements?  The idea in-and-of-itself doesn't
>     > sound wholly unreasonable.  (I am not advocating this, just saying the
>     > idea shouldn't be rejected without consideration simply because the DHS
>     > said it.)
>
> Exactly!  This whole thread has been people arguing against a straw-man.  
> DHS never asked for any KSKs or anything.  They're not even mentioned in 
> the report.  HSARPA just put up some of the money to fund the drafting of 
> the report, as ARPA/DARPA/HSARPA have been funding miscellaneous Internet 
> stuff forever.  
>
>                                 -Bill
>
>
>   

Which report did you read...

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/04/dept_of_homelan.html
http://www.upi.com/Security_Terrorism/Analysis/2007/04/12/analysis_owning_the_keys_to_the_internet/
http://www.tiawood.com/2007/homeland-security-grabs-for-nets-master-keys/

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