Re: [iwar] news2/Politics and cyber protection

From: c.b r (fastflyer28@yahoo.com)
Date: 2001-07-14 16:44:59
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--- "c.b r" <fastflyer28@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From Wash, DC:
> The Cyber Protection Board may be planned, but don't
> expect any funding behind it after the new push for
> immediate NMD, multi type(land sea and air)basing
> came
> out last week.  That should use nearly all of DOD
> acquisition budget for the next several years due to
> the "all-holy" Bush Tax Cut.  Actions speak a
> thousand
> words.
> And for anyone that thought Mr. Rumsfeld would be
> consulting with the Joint Chiefs on any of his
> defense review and reform ideas, to include cyber
war, a Washington Post article today should have
cleared that up for you. 
> The Chiefs has not be asked to assist, or aid in
> nearly anything since SecDef Rumsfeld came on board.
> CJC Gen. Hugh Shelton has gone on record, today-
> publically-that MR. Rumsfeld is not getting the job
> done and is leaving the military in the dust.  Even
> the Chiefs are concerned that present cyberwar
> programs are not nearly sufficient.  Everything else
> is simply "eyewash" to make it appear the
> Administration is on the job in protecting the
> critical cyber infrastructure. Don't bet on it.
> Unfortunatly, there are no senior political
> officials,
> like Dr. John Hamre  during the Clinton
> Administration, that are putting any of their
> political throw weight behind cyber security.
> 
> --- Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> wrote:
> > Bush said to be planning cybersecurity board
> > The Bush administration plans to create a board of
> > senior national security officials to oversee the
> > federal government's critical infrastructure
> > protection efforts, effectively doing away with
> > the idea of designating a single cybersecurity
> > "czar," sources said. The move was said to have
> > been agreed upon during a July 2 meeting with
> > President Bush, who gave National Security Adviser
> > Condoleeza Rice and other officials the green
> light
> > to prepare a draft executive order setting up a
> > Cybersecurity and Continuity of Operations Board.
> >
>
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/07/12/cybersecurity.board.idg/index.html
> > 
> > Industry body slams new security bill
> > The Computing Technology Industry Association
> (CTIA)
> > has led a stinging attack on the UK Government's
> > Private Security Issue Bill (PSIB), claiming that
> > it is yet another burden on IT and network
> > professionals. A spokesman for the CTIA said it
> > would mean that security employees will have to
> > obtain a licence from the Government in order to
> > gain employment. The Bill faces stiff opposition
> > from network professionals mainly because it
> refers
> > to workers in physical security, but has left the
> > definition open to include electronic security.
> > http://www.vnunet.com/News/1123870
> > 
> > European Parliament restricts access to personal
> > data
> > Cappato report challenges plans to give law
> > enforcement
> > greater access to electronic communications. The
> > European Parliament (EP) Civil Liberties Committee
> > approved a report by the radical MEP Marco Cappato
> > on Wednesday, in favour of a strict regulation of
> > law
> > enforcement authorities' access to personal data
> in
> > the electronic communications sector. The decision
> > complicates continuing efforts by the European
> > Council
> > to give individual countries the power to force
> > telecoms
> > and other communications providers to keep records
> > of
> > all voice and data communications of their
> citizens
> > for
> > up to seven years.
> >
>
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2091211,00.html
> > 
> > Can Privacy Rights Survive?
> > When it comes to privacy, ever more intrusive
> > collection technologies are being rolled out,
> > such as online tracking mechanisms, spyware,
> > face recognition systems, location tracking
> > devices and even thermal imaging, a Senate
> > Commerce Committee panel was told today. And,
> > Jason Catlett, president of Junkbusters.com
> > and a visiting fellow at the Kennedy School
> > of Government at Harvard, said in a written
> > statement that "advances in 'cloaking'
> > technologies are always outstripped by advances
> > in collection technologies, both in capabilities
> > and degree of adoption."
> >
>
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_799411,00.html
> > 
> > Hackers Launch New E-Mail List For Security Bugs
> > Adding new fuel to an already fiery debate about
> the
> > best way to publicize information about security
> > holes
> > in software, a new mailing list for hackers made
> its
> > debut Wednesday at the Black Hat Briefings in Las
> > Vegas.
> > According to its founders, three high-profile
> > computer
> > security consultants and researchers, VulnWatch
> will
> > steer clear of the commercialism and bureaucracy
> > that
> > they claim have degraded two of the most popular
> > computer security lists: Bugtraq and NTBugtraq.
> > http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167891.html
> > 
> > Wireless networks lure hackers
> > A new way to attack wireless networks underscores
> > the
> > lack of security for PC owners using the airwaves
> to
> > connect their computers, said security experts
> > speaking
> > at the Black Hat Briefings conference. On
> Thursday,
> > Tim
> > Newsham, a researcher for security firm @Stake,
> > presented
> > the details of  weaknesses in the password system
> of
> > wireless networks that could lead to a break in
> > security
> > in less than 30 seconds. The flaw is the third to
> be
> > uncovered in the so-called Wired Equivalent
> Privacy,
> > or
> > WEP, protocol that supposedly secures wireless
> > networks.
> > "WEP is inherently insecure," said Newsham. "So
> > using WEP
> > is essentially just throwing another barrier--and
> a
> > small
> > one--in front of the attacker."  That barrier can
> be
> > overcome in 5 to 30 seconds in certain cases, he
> > said.
> >
>
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5094057,00.html
> > http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6554365.html
> >
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-201-6554634-0.html
> > 
> 
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