[address-policy-wg] Re: RIPE Access Policy Change Request to allow allocations to critical infrastructure

Hank and all,

Hank Nussbacher wrote:

> At 11:01 AM 08-01-04 +0000, Michael.Dillon at radianz.com wrote:
>
> >People seem to be confused about the meaning of "critical infrastructure"
> >so I decided to see what Google has to say. The first thing it comes up
> >with is an American government organization called the Department for
> >Homeland Security. On their question and answer page they say this:
> >http://www.ciao.gov/publicaffairs/qsandas.htm
> >
> >1.) What is a critical infrastructure?
> >
> >The USA Patriot Act defines critical infrastructures as those
> >"systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the
> >United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems
> >and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national
> >economic security, national public health or safety, or any
> >combination of those matters."
>
> Why should Europe and the RIPE region care about what the US defines as
> critical infrastructure?

  Because that same "Critical infrastructure" is critical to many/most
europeans.

>
>
> > >  Es gibt Luegen, verdammte Luegen und RIPE-141(-219)-Netzantraege.
> >
> >Translated: There are lies, damned lies and RIPE-141 request forms.
>
> It is RIPE-219.  RIPE-141 is dead.
>
> >--Michael Dillon
>
> -Hank

Regards,

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