On Sun, Jan 04, 2009 at 09:07:16PM +1000, Murray McAllister wrote: > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:20 PM, Magnus Glantz <mg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My €5 as an non US citizen. > > > > I do not feel comfortable with a guide that seems almost completely > > ripped off published US military/government documents. > I only looked at the English. I was not aware of the origins of the content. > > I will be more careful in future. > > Thanks! :-) "Ripped off" seems unnecessarily harsh to me, and incorrectly implies that somehow the content was lifted without permission, when in fact the references in question are freely available to everyone (USA domestic or foreign). The principles embodied in most of those references are fairly universal and you'll find them echoed in most high-level infosec materials. In fact, some foreign governments use these references themselves. The Security Guide continues to be a collaborative, participatory project, so anyone who is unhappy with the content -- or completely satisfied, too, for that matter -- is free to get involved! :-) You could start by providing equivalent or comparable non-US references, for example. -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug
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