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_th... http://www.tiawood.com/2007/homeland-security-grabs-for-nets-master-keys/ -- ==================================================== J. Oquendo http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1383A743 echo infiltrated.net|sed 's/^/sil@/g' "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." -- Plato