Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1979-1000775881-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:20:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 17419 invoked by uid 510); 18 Sep 2001 01:18:16 -0000 Received: from n26.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.76) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 01:18:16 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1979-1000775881-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by fg.egroups.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2001 01:18:01 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 18 Sep 2001 01:18:00 -0000 Received: (qmail 34608 invoked from network); 17 Sep 2001 20:40:12 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 17 Sep 2001 20:40:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 17 Sep 2001 20:40:06 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id NAA16341 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:40:06 -0700 Message-Id: <200109172040.NAA16341@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 13:40:06 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Bomb.the.ISPs.-.Daily.Telegraph] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Bomb the ISPs - Daily Telegraph By Drew Cullen Posted: 17/09/2001 at 10:58 GMT The Daily Telegraph is calling for the bombing of "uncompliant" ISPs "on foreign territory", in response to the atrocity in America. In an opinion piece, John Keegan, the newspaper's eminent defence correspondent, blames the Internet for facilitating the attacks. "The World Trade Centre outrage was co-ordinated on the internet, without question," he writes. "If Washington is serious in its determination to eliminate terrorism, it will have to forbid internet providers to allow the transmission of encrypted messages - now encoded by public key ciphers that are unbreakable even by the National Security Agency's computers - and close down any provider that refuses to comply. "Uncompliant providers on foreign territory should expect their buildings to be destroyed by cruise missiles. Once the internet is implicated in the killing of Americans, its high-rolling days may be reckoned to be over." Taking Liberties As a technical commentator, Keegan makes a very good defence correspondent. How on earth can ISPs ban encrypted messages over their networks? But this is a minor point; more worrying is the anti-Internet sentiment articulated in Keegan's article. For many, The Internet has become (alongside flight simulators, liberals and anti-gun laws) a scapegoat for last week's WTC massacre. We can assume that human rights/privacy arguments over the Internet have shifted - probably forever. The nuances of the civil liberties debate do not overly concern countries, even democratic countries, which declare war. We can expect tougher rules on encryption (albeit impossible to enforce); more surveillance of phone and Internet networks - with the full co-operation of providers; travel restrictions; extended police powers. The question for us: is how much liberty should be sacrificed in the fight to combat international terrorism? No, we do not have the answer. But we fail to see how demonising The Internet will help. ® ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide: "Securing Your Web Site for Business." Get it Now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/4mr93B/zhwCAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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