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U.S. Defense Security Service Lifts Planned Ban on .EDU Access

David Hubler writes on FCW.com:

The Defense Security Service has reversed its decision to cut off .edu domain users’ access to applications on the Defense Information System for Security Web site.

DSS announced the restriction earlier this week.

In an e-mail to Federal Computer Week, DSS spokesperson Cindy McGovern said the organization's Information Assurance division had reviewed the planned restriction and determined that it would cause a significant disruption and would not provide greater security.

She said the decision was strictly an internal one and not a result of any protests or queries from .edu domain users.

The ban, originally set to begin May 31, had been pushed back to June 30, according to a posting earlier this week on the DSS Web site.

posted by Fergie @ 6/01/2006 02:57:00 PM