Dylan lyric goes here
Today we learn that the gummint (Revenue branch) really are a mob of hopeless tossers. Well, when I say learn I mean 'Will be featuring in this week's SANS newsletter, comp.risks (maybe) and many other places where people who profess to know/care about computer security will be able to point, laugh and go 'imagine my surprise...''
On one hand, have these people never heard of leased lines? On the other 'Never underestimate the bandwidth of a Studebaker full of mag tapes'. On the third the likelihood of two gummit organisations being able to exchange data electronically is going to be close to zero, so entrusting the data to TNT is a reasonable alternative. In that context. For very small values of reasonable.
Two CDs, right? Tar and feather the data, encrypt it with gpg and email it to a Google account. How hard's that?
Sadly, I don't believe this will enable me to demand an audit of the Revenue's systems and processes the next time they require their tithe.
Elsewhere, rubbish people do stupid things and blame others. As usual with ML, the comments are the other half of the story, but by jebus you'll want a stiff drink after reading them. Who on earth would suspect that poor behaviour on the internet would affect real lives? (That would be sarcasm.)
On one hand, have these people never heard of leased lines? On the other 'Never underestimate the bandwidth of a Studebaker full of mag tapes'. On the third the likelihood of two gummit organisations being able to exchange data electronically is going to be close to zero, so entrusting the data to TNT is a reasonable alternative. In that context. For very small values of reasonable.
Two CDs, right? Tar and feather the data, encrypt it with gpg and email it to a Google account. How hard's that?
Sadly, I don't believe this will enable me to demand an audit of the Revenue's systems and processes the next time they require their tithe.
Elsewhere, rubbish people do stupid things and blame others. As usual with ML, the comments are the other half of the story, but by jebus you'll want a stiff drink after reading them. Who on earth would suspect that poor behaviour on the internet would affect real lives? (That would be sarcasm.)