Internet regulation: media enquiries

[Tim Redhead]

'Afternoon all,

  TomW> ps: Next Wednesday the ABC Hot Chips people want me to record a
  TomW> few words on hackers and the media's portrayal of them. What
  TomW> would help would be if you could collectively come up with
  TomW> about three points (one line each), expressing what you think I
  TomW> should say.

Ideas:
	- Most (what percentage?) of illegal hacking is done by
	  employees and ex-employees of the hacked organizations.
	- Any network can be hacked.
	- The open nature of the internet, and of much of the software
	  that runs on internet sites, means that most security holes
	  are able to be scrutinized, publicized and addressed by 
	  a very large, world-wide group of professionals. 

Thanks, 
	Tim.

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		     	       Tim Redhead
			    Architecture Unit
	        CRC for Distributed Systems Technology (DSTC)
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