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- From: wack@ariel.ncsl.nist.gov (John Wack)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,alt.comp.acad-freedom.talk,comp.security.misc,alt.privacy,alt.society.civil-liberty
- Subject: Re: Boycotting CERT because of the keystroke monitoring advisory?
- Message-ID: <7776@dove.nist.gov>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 14:01:14 GMT
- References: <1993Jan4.212439.4278@nntp.hut.fi>
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- Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology
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- In article <1993Jan4.212439.4278@nntp.hut.fi> jkp@cs.HUT.FI (Jyrki Kuoppala) writes:
- >
- >I don't know who does CERT's policy decisions and how one might
- >influence them via other means (possibly organizations like the EFF
- >and CPSR could work on this) but I do think the most simple thing to
- >do about an organization doing something you seriously disapprove of
- >is to stop all support and cooperation with it and suggest others do
- >the same.
- >
- >//Jyrki
-
- I'm hesitant to enter the fray on this issue, but I'd like to point out
- that CERT/CC is simply passing on some guidance from the U.S. DoJ and
- shouldn't be blamed if you disagree with the guidance -- although I don't
- dispute your right to disagree. I believe that CERT/CC felt that the
- guidance should be out there to the widest audience, despite the
- guidance being less than precise. But I don't think that the CERT/CC
- should be avoided or "ignored" or whatever because of this issue. By
- and large I think that the CERT does a lot of good.
-
- Just my two cents worth,
- John Wack
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