Comments on: NSA asks hackers for security help http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Me http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16570 Me Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:41:58 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16570 My thoughts... Security is an illusion ultimately. The NSA knows this. There is no homeland security, network security, personal security. It is not a quip it is one of the few things that is true. NIST 800 series is just fine for what it is...a good attempt. The government does a lot of things right but most government employees are 1- not personally effected by their actions and so you get often get bad results or 2- stand to profit in some way by their actions and so you get more bad results. Powerful governments are very good at getting their way, whatever that may be. Why are you buck09, so defensive of the government? Were you involved in the creation of the publications in some way? My thoughts…
Security is an illusion ultimately. The NSA knows this. There is no homeland security, network security, personal security. It is not a quip it is one of the few things that is true. NIST 800 series is just fine for what it is…a good attempt.
The government does a lot of things right but most government employees are 1- not personally effected by their actions and so you get often get bad results or 2- stand to profit in some way by their actions and so you get more bad results. Powerful governments are very good at getting their way, whatever that may be. Why are you buck09, so defensive of the government? Were you involved in the creation of the publications in some way?

]]> By: buck09 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16569 buck09 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:58:41 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16569 How much they cost? I don't understand. (Unless you're referring to tax dollars..) How much they cost? I don’t understand. (Unless you’re referring to tax dollars..)

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16568 Michael Hampton Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:56:28 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16568 The <a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/" rel="nofollow">NIST 800 series publications</a> seem fine to me as far as the information provided. The problem is how much they cost. The NIST 800 series publications seem fine to me as far as the information provided. The problem is how much they cost.

]]> By: buck09 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16567 buck09 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 19:05:40 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16567 skeptic - I'd love to hear a critique of one of the documents in the NIST CSRC 800 series. Is there any one of those reports in particular you take issue with? (Or was that just a random, uninformed remark?) skeptic – I’d love to hear a critique of one of the documents in the NIST CSRC 800 series. Is there any one of those reports in particular you take issue with? (Or was that just a random, uninformed remark?)

]]> By: skeptic http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16566 skeptic Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:52:17 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16566 NIST 800 reports? Yeah, just as high quality nd depth like that NIST report on WTC.... NIST 800 reports? Yeah, just as high quality nd depth like that NIST report on WTC….

]]> By: phil http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16565 phil Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:23:19 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16565 Wouldn't it be nice if all of the goverment were so open and forthcoming with the nation? Perhaps then people would truly feel that they could help make a difference in this country. For now the pesimism persists, and I'm unsure of when our children will get past that - hopefully this "war" will end soon, that could be a start. Wouldn’t it be nice if all of the goverment were so open and forthcoming with the nation? Perhaps then people would truly feel that they could help make a difference in this country. For now the pesimism persists, and I’m unsure of when our children will get past that – hopefully this “war” will end soon, that could be a start.

]]> By: buck09 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16564 buck09 Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:24:19 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/08/02/nsa-asks-hackers-for-security-help/#comment-16564 <i>"Government can’t really do much of anything very well, though it hates to admit it." </i> Since it sound like you're interested in information security, surely you agree that the NIST 800 series is one of those things that is done well, right? “Government can’t really do much of anything very well, though it hates to admit it.”

Since it sound like you’re interested in information security, surely you agree that the NIST 800 series is one of those things that is done well, right?

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