Faith-Based Firewalls for Government Computers

November 16, 2005

November 2

Bush Proposes Faith-Based Firewalls for Government Computers

By Brian Briggs

Washington D.C. – President Bush announced that by 2008 all government

computers should be protected from outside attacks by the faith-based

firewall called Protection From Above (PFA) from Houston-based software

developer Christisoft.

" For too long we have turned to proven software companies with expertise

in computer security for protection, now our computers will be protected

by the power of prayer at a much lower cost to taxpayers, " said Bush.

Estimates show the US government spent $1.2 billion dollars to secure

their computer systems at various agencies, which many Republicans think

is an indulgence the government can't afford.

" With the faith-based firewall and other faith-based security software

from Christisoft we could save billions over the next ten years. That's

money that can be returned to the most generous of taxpayers, " said the

President.

Bush also cited doubts about the efficacy " of science-based computer

security " though he didn't use that word exactly.

The software requires no installation or maintenance fees, but only a

onetime registration fee for unlimited computers.

Joel Osgood, founder of Christisoft, said, " With the one time

registration fee, a company's entire network of computers joins our

network of computer security prayer specialists. The power of prayer can

heal the soul and can also protect you from nasty denial of service

attacks and viruses. "

Specialists in IT departments at various government agencies said they

weren't contacted by the White House for any feedback on the system and

they believe the President's decision would be " disastrous " for computer

security.

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