Re: Brookings: CyberSecurity In the Balance - 2 New Bills

+1

The article says:
<quote>
PROTECT IP applies to every “operator of a non-authoritative domain name
system server,” including local ISPs and even small businesses that run
their own networks.
</quote>

I haven't read the legislation, but since windoze (xp/vista/7) runs its
own resolver (DNS cache), it's conceivable that this might apply to all
windoze hosts, depending on how the word "server" is defined.

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On 11/16/2011 02:14 PM, Derek Trotter wrote:
> Thank you Lisa for posting the url. It supports notions that I've
> believed in for years: The surest way to screw up something is to
> involve government. The effects of legislation are more often than not,
> the exact opposite of the stated intent.
>
> On 11/15/2011 16:37, Lisa Kachold wrote:
>> http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2011/1115_cybersecurity_friedman.aspx
>>
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