Re: Ready to get your federal computer license?

[Florian Weimer <fw () deneb enyo de>]

* Scott Morris:

> Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Scott Morris:
> >
> >   
> > > I'm trying really hard to find my "paranoia hat", and just to relieve
> > > some boredom I read the entire bill to try to figure out where this was
> > > all coming from....
> > >
> > > "(2) may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or
> > > shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal
> > > Government or United States critical infrastructure information system
> > > or network;"
> > >     
> >
> > Wouldn't this mean you're allowed to set emergency ACLs only if a
> > cybersecurity emergency has been declared by the President?

> I must have missed the phrasing that says "nobody else can make an
> independent decision regarding any security measure above and beyond the
> minimum standards"...
>
> I'll go back and look for that.

The thing your looking for is called "exclusio unius". 8-)