Reply-To: iwar@egroups.com
Subject: [iwar] Historical posting
There are several reports on Information Security in China on the U.S. Embassy Beijing Environment, Science and Technology webpage at http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/sandt/index.html in the "Security and EST" category on the top page.
China: Information Security
http://www.usembassy-china.org.cn/english/sandt/infscju99.html
A June 1999 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing
Summary: Officials of the China National Information Security Testing, Evaluation and Certification Center (CNISTECC), an independent, government-sponsored organization which has been designated the national certifying authority for 11 security-related items, are very interested in pending changes to U.S. policy on encryption technology exports. In addition, they told U.S. Embassy Beijing officers on June 9 that they want to know more about the current status of the USG debate on establishing a key recovery system in the U.S. and about how the USG would deal with American companies that were offering to sell restricted technology to China. CNISTECC Director Wu Shizhong knew of "PICTURE.EXE," a widely-publicized virus that searches for passwords and emails them back to China, but said he was not free to talk about it. Appended to this report are descriptions of the PICTURE.EXE virus, PRC information security regulations, and the State Council Information Office Computer Information Security Section web site.
David Cowhig
"Leo, Ross" wrote:
> From: "Leo, Ross" Ross.Leo@c...
>
> The statement by the Taiwanese smacks of bluster and the "I dare you...".
> Given the long-standing history of "warring with words" between these two
> China's, and the free-flow of threats therein contained, this is really a
> non-news story. It is news only because somebody used the magic word
> "cyber-war".
>
> In spite of the strong probability that Mainland China has more and better
> systems technology (especially in the Govt. and Military enclave) than the
> West may realise, I have lingering doubts that it would be robust enough to
> penetrate Taiwan's infrastructure, or withstand an initial or retaliatory
> strike from Taiwan. My experience shows that at least in some circles
> within China antivirus measures are years behind the West.
>
> Of course, I could be wrong...
>
>
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