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IP: Clintons security meeting
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 05:27:25 -0500
I was there with my UPenn hat on. It was a very open meeting with some relatively frank discussions. I will try to report more fully latter today but: 1. there were but two academics incl myself about 30 people total 2.the network was, at least this time, not a problem. It was insecure computer systems and software. The use of commodity systems for critical tasks was one of the root causes as was lack of security hygiene (safe computing) 3. the industrial players committed to establish a sharing of attack information 4. the President in response to a private question re crypto said to me that he and Al had fought and would continue to fight the government establishment (I assume FBI and Intelligence) to open it up. It was a very enlightening and useful meeting for me and for I hope others. More latter Dave ps the President is a fast thinker
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