[iwar] Historical posting


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             'Hactivists' plan DDoS Web attack

Electrohippies' software could be as effective as distributed

denial of service tools used in last month's Web attacks.

Borrowing a page from the headline-grabbing Web attacks last

month, a group of Internet activists is set to release its

own software tool designed to cripple Web sites. The

distributed denial of service attack tool to be released by

the "Electrohippies" group will allow thousands of protesters

to aim their computers at a single Web site, effectively

jamming a company's Internet presence. But the attacks will

be fundamentally different from last month's crippling of

Yahoo, eBay and other major sites. The victims will be warned

before the attacks, according to the tool's authors.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/380065.asp



Reno Urges New Laws, No Anonymity for Internet

A new government report says that some laws may need to be

revamped to deal with today's computer technology, and the

days of the Internet providing its users a cloak of anonymity

could be numbered. Those are some of the key conclusions

included in "The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful

Conduct Involving the Use of the Internet," which was released

today by Attorney General Janet Reno and prepared by a special

working group of high-ranking federal law enforcement officials,

as well as other government agencies.

http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/2000/03/09/netreport0309_01.html

http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/300656l.htm

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,34874,00.html?&_ref=549091457

http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2000/0306/web-6netcrime-03-08-00.asp

http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1568285.html

[the other view]

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2458291,00.html



Rep. Horn Calls For Cyber Security Czar

As the federal government spawns one initiative after another

to secure the nation's networks and critical infrastructure

from cyber attack, lawmakers and security experts are

suggesting the appointment of a "cyber security czar" to

coordinate the far-flung efforts, much like Y2K Czar John

Koskinen was to the nation's Y2K remediation efforts. In a

hearing before the House Subcommittee on Government Management,

Information and Technology, Chariman Stephen Horn, R-Calif.,

pointed to the government's many security management players

and asked whether there shouldn't be one entity coordinating

the government's efforts. "Y2K underscored the need for a

disciplined management approach to problem solving," Horn said.

"That type of commitment will be equally important as we turn

to the second technological challenge of the New Year -

computer security." Horn then turned to the witnesses, asking,

"Could the Koskinen model work here?"

http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/145383.html

http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0300/031000b4.htm



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