総務省、住基ネット監査者の口封じに動く
最初に知ったのは/.Jですが、長野県から住基ネットのセキュリティ監査を受けたEjovi氏のBlogによると、Ejovi氏がPacSec Security Coferenceで住基ネットの安全性説明を行おうとした事に対して総務省が
のいずれかの行動を取ることを強要、Ejovi氏がスライド無しでスピーチすることを提示しましたが、総務省は全く喋るなと言う対応を取ったとの事。
http://www.ejovi.net/archives/2004/11/japanese_govern.html
November 12, 2004
Japanese Government Bans My Speechhttp://www.ejovi.net/archives/2004/11/japanese_govern.html
[JUKI net is Japan's national ID system. I performed a security audit of the system for Nagano Prefecture one year ago]
Its been a long day. I am greatly disappointed that Soumushou, the Japanese government that maintains JUKI net, prevented me from speaking today at the PacSec security conference. Soumushou prevented my talk by threatening the Japanese event who currently are seeking contracts from the government
The Japanese government gave me two options.
1) Do not talk
2) Drastically change your slides to say what they want me to.When I offered to not use slides at all and give my own opinion they told me that I would not be permitted to speak AT ALL. It is obvious to me that they did not have an issue with my slides or presentation. They were afraid that I would draw attention to problems in JUKI net. Soumushou thinks that they can hide from the issues. They think that if they keep people from speaking about the issues, it will go away. I thought I would be immune from such Japanese government pressures however I underestimated Soumushou's ability to manipulate those around me.
Soumushou's reason for forbidding me to speak was this "Since we are endorsing the convention we have to right to tell you not to speak" if this is the case, the Japanese government needs only sponsor or endorse ANY event in which they don't agree with and force the organizers to change the content. If this is the case Japan will never make any progress towards a safer environment.
What is most upsetting to me is the fact that I HAD NO PLANS TO CRITIZE the Japanese government. My talk was going to be extremely fair and balanced addressing the issues raised by both sides. In fact I invited Soumushou to meet with me directly so that I can address any issues they may have. I told them this on the telephone and by email. Instead they choose to pressure the Japanese representatives of the conference. They never attempted to talk with me directly. Why is this?
If they had issues with something I may say why not ask me about it? Why pressure a company they relies on government contracts? Is this fair? The purpose of my talk was to present both sides of JUKI net security systems. I have no vested interest in seeing it fail or in seeing it succeed. I only wanted to recommend how best to make it safer, how best to improve the system. But Soumushou believed that my recommendations on how to improve its security alone would mean that JUKI net has problems and they refused to admit this. I'm sorry to tell them but it does have security problems. The good news is that the technical issues can be easily resolved. However the greatest problem with JUKI net is not technical but Soumushou's inability to even acknowledge that they exist! How can a system become secure if the Japanese government are not willing to listen to someone who points out issues.
Today was a sad day for Japan and a frustrating day for me.
総務省は暗に住基ネットが幾ら危険でも国民管理に必要だから維持しなければならない、そのことを批判したり安全性を監査するのは不逞な輩のする暴挙だと言う意志表示をした事になります。
まぁ、こうやって我々の個人情報やそれに付随するプライベートな事は吸い取られて切り刻まれてハゲタカの餌になっていくのでしょう。*1
時代は政治と商業主義の要請で漆黒の闇に向かいつつあるように思います。
総務省、住基ネット監査者の口封じに動く
最初に知ったのは/.Jですが、長野県から住基ネットのセキュリティ監査を受けたEjovi氏のBlogによると、Ejovi氏がPacSec Security Coferenceで住基ネットの安全性説明を行おうとした事に対して総務省が
のいずれかの行動を取ることを強要、Ejovi氏がスライド無しでスピーチすることを提示しましたが、総務省は全く喋るなと言う対応を取ったとの事。
http://www.ejovi.net/archives/2004/11/japanese_govern.html
November 12, 2004
Japanese Government Bans My Speechhttp://www.ejovi.net/archives/2004/11/japanese_govern.html
[JUKI net is Japan's national ID system. I performed a security audit of the system for Nagano Prefecture one year ago]
Its been a long day. I am greatly disappointed that Soumushou, the Japanese government that maintains JUKI net, prevented me from speaking today at the PacSec security conference. Soumushou prevented my talk by threatening the Japanese event who currently are seeking contracts from the government
The Japanese government gave me two options.
1) Do not talk
2) Drastically change your slides to say what they want me to.When I offered to not use slides at all and give my own opinion they told me that I would not be permitted to speak AT ALL. It is obvious to me that they did not have an issue with my slides or presentation. They were afraid that I would draw attention to problems in JUKI net. Soumushou thinks that they can hide from the issues. They think that if they keep people from speaking about the issues, it will go away. I thought I would be immune from such Japanese government pressures however I underestimated Soumushou's ability to manipulate those around me.
Soumushou's reason for forbidding me to speak was this "Since we are endorsing the convention we have to right to tell you not to speak" if this is the case, the Japanese government needs only sponsor or endorse ANY event in which they don't agree with and force the organizers to change the content. If this is the case Japan will never make any progress towards a safer environment.
What is most upsetting to me is the fact that I HAD NO PLANS TO CRITIZE the Japanese government. My talk was going to be extremely fair and balanced addressing the issues raised by both sides. In fact I invited Soumushou to meet with me directly so that I can address any issues they may have. I told them this on the telephone and by email. Instead they choose to pressure the Japanese representatives of the conference. They never attempted to talk with me directly. Why is this?
If they had issues with something I may say why not ask me about it? Why pressure a company they relies on government contracts? Is this fair? The purpose of my talk was to present both sides of JUKI net security systems. I have no vested interest in seeing it fail or in seeing it succeed. I only wanted to recommend how best to make it safer, how best to improve the system. But Soumushou believed that my recommendations on how to improve its security alone would mean that JUKI net has problems and they refused to admit this. I'm sorry to tell them but it does have security problems. The good news is that the technical issues can be easily resolved. However the greatest problem with JUKI net is not technical but Soumushou's inability to even acknowledge that they exist! How can a system become secure if the Japanese government are not willing to listen to someone who points out issues.
Today was a sad day for Japan and a frustrating day for me.
総務省は暗に住基ネットが幾ら危険でも国民管理に必要だから維持しなければならない、そのことを批判したり安全性を監査するのは不逞な輩のする暴挙だと言う意志表示をした事になります。
まぁ、こうやって我々の個人情報やそれに付随するプライベートな事は吸い取られて切り刻まれてハゲタカの餌になっていくのでしょう。*1
時代は政治と商業主義の要請で漆黒の闇に向かいつつあるように思います。
