IT News: Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has upgraded end-of-life infrastructure supporting the nation’s Passports website in response to scrutiny of the agency’s exposure to IT security risks.
DFAT upgraded its Passports web server from Windows 2003 to the open source Nginx web server within months of a freedom of information request made by the Pirate Party earlier in the year, and shortly after questions from Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson in the Senate late last month.
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