On Oct 30, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Gary Pitman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi! > We have learned over the last couple of weeks that the Navy has apparently > blocked network traffic from networks that provide a Tor relay (irony can be > pretty ironic sometimes). We have also discovered that a department on our > campus hosts a Tor relay. The Internet wants to be free! > Julian Assange is using Tor to distribute information and that is why the > Navy is blocking the traffic. > > This is a problem for us because we have some pretty important contracts and > potential contracts with the Navy. This has escelated above my head into > management and legal but my problem persists. We cannot email navy.mil > addresses and they cannot email us. Yikes. I believe strongly in the concept of “their network, their rules,” but they don’t get to dictate policy for organizations beyond their borders (at least, not without sending in a destroyer or two). Insofar as you can, I’d suggest “well, that’s unfortunate for you” if the Navy related folks ask about it, and carry on. It’s happening well above your paygrade, and coming up with weasel-like workarounds only enables their foolishness as I see it. Sorry if this isn’t helpful, but it’s how I see it. Regards, Corey Quinn _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
