[FOSE] OMB to require standard Windows desktop by Feb. 1, 2008

[Dan Arico]

On Wed March 21 2007 10:47 am, David L Durant wrote:
> This teaser from my FCW Daily News feed shows the atmosphere in DC:
> > *OMB to require standard Windows desktop configuration
> > <http://www.fcw.com/article97974-03-19-07-Web&newsletter=yes>*
> > In a memo going out to CIOs as early as today, OMB will require
> > agencies to move to a standard Windows desktop configuration
> > developed by NIST and the Air Force by Feb. 1, 2008.
>
> Dave Durant.

That's brilliant. Provide an attacker with a standard configuration that 
will apply across the entire government. Who wrote this - the Chinese 
government or Al Qaeda?

Dan Arico

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