On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 08:15 -0700, James Finstrom wrote: > Again not getting in to opinions of the man or his politics I think > Obama is wired enough that we will see a push for more tech in > government. I noticed whitehouse.gov got a face lift which makes it > look like his other sites so I think he brought his developers to > washington. You will also not how he has used the internet pre and > post election to generate votes, fill jobs etc. Again I am not big on > his politics but he may be the one to push the infrastructure and > technologies America has been folling short on. You will note the > invasion of Georga was the first major example of future warfare, > hackers took down the Georga government via the keyboard before the > raid we need to ensure when WW3 happens or sooner that We can defend > against such attacks because any country who wishes to come take us on > will likely go after our technology first. ---- I think the first documented attack was on Estonia and not Georgia and was documented in Wired Magazine... http://www.wired.com/politics/security/magazine/15-09/ff_estonia As for whitehouse.gov and Obama's administration, it appears that there is quite some ramping up to do... http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/22/10531/8357/963/687540 Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss