Regarding the reports of Saddam using a Jaguar encryption system:

] Steven Aftergood, a senior intelligence technology
] researcher at the Federation of American Scientists,
] said: "If it was really a 20-year-old system, then one
] has to assume that the encryption is obsolete, that it
] has been penetrated." Other military analysts said it was
] just as likely that the British government would only
] have granted Racal export licences for the radios if it
] had already been satisfied it could break the encryption.

Decius wrote:
More on Saddam's Crypto Systems. Interestingly enough, this could be a case where crypto export regulations actually worked.

politechbot.com: Should Saddam have been using PGP? Iraqi crypto broken...

] In a move that raises questions about the security of
] governmental domains, the Bush administration has pulled
] the plug on a .gov Web site pending an investigation into
] the authenticity of the organization that controlled it.
]
] Until recently, visitors to the AONN.gov Web site were
] treated to a smorgasbord of information about an agency
] calling itself the Access One Network Northwest (AONN), a
] self-described cyberwarfare unit claiming to employ more
] than 2,000 people and had the support of the U.S.
] Department of Defense.

Feds pull suspicious .gov site

Reknamorken wrote:
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I actually found this to be a fairly comprehensive, but a bit abstract, paper on providing information security with a "Defense in Depth" strategy. Recommended reading if you are looking to fill out the edges of your knowledge or are doing research.
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NSA's 'Defense in Depth' Paper