[c-nsp] Download manager hell and latest Windows VPN Client?

[Scott Granados]

Come on, you can't be serious!  Suppose your terrorist isn't an external 
terrorist but some wack job from Marin who happens to be a citizen already? 
Besides, I think Metro PCS and Go phone are more terrorist friendly, not 
encryption. Terrorism is all about pay as you go anonymous cell phone plans 
and home made explosives, not strong cryptography. Besides, all terrorists 
would be honest and check yes just like all cops are honest and never check 
no on the "have you used drugs" question when they actually smoked a fatty 
in high school!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Hilliard" <nick at inex.ie>
To: "Gert Doering" <gert at greenie.muc.de>
Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Download manager hell and latest Windows VPN Client?


> On 24/09/2009 08:38, Gert Doering wrote:
>> Fill in a web form once, claim "yes, I'm no terrorist!", and then the
>> FTP servers put you into a "he's no terrorist, may download crypto
>> software" group...
>>
>> This is really "Internet 0.9" knowledge.
>
> Gert,
>
> You're ignoring the possibility that people change over time.  What if a 
> person was a regular joe soap on the day that they filled out this web 
> form, but had become a terrorist within a short period of time?  How would 
> your single form proposal cope with this, pray tell?  Filling in the 
> terrorism / nuclear arms shipment / bioweapons form each time is designed 
> precisely to deal with smart alecs who think that they can get around arms 
> embargoes like this.
>
> Nick
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