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Secure Computing Does Not Sell Filtering To Iran
AFP ^ | 06/23/2005 | David Burt

Posted on 06/23/2005 11:05:30 AM PDT by DavidBurt

US firm says Iran 'illegally' uses Internet filter software

A US Web security firm cited in a report on Iran's Internet censorship said that any use in Iran of its software is "illegal and unauthorized." . John McNulty, chairman and chief executive of Secure Computing Corporation said in a statement that his company "has sold no licenses to any entity in Iran." . The company was cited in a report Tuesday by the OpenNet Initiative, a partnership of researchers that called Iran's Internet censorship among the worst in the world and called the US firm "complicit."

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blogs; filtering; freespeech; iran; securecomputing

1 posted on 06/23/2005 11:05:32 AM PDT by DavidBurt
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To: DavidBurt

Stealing software to uphold morals, such irony. Since the Iranian government is complicit in this, and Sharia is the law of the land we should expect to see a bunch of one-handed officials running around in Iran right?


2 posted on 06/23/2005 11:09:49 AM PDT by contemplator
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