Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3641-1004451376-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:17:08 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 577 invoked by uid 510); 30 Oct 2001 14:15:33 -0000 Received: from n13.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.63) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 30 Oct 2001 14:15:33 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3641-1004451376-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.221] by n13.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Oct 2001 14:13:40 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 30 Oct 2001 14:16:16 -0000 Received: (qmail 69564 invoked from network); 30 Oct 2001 14:16:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.221 with QMQP; 30 Oct 2001 14:16:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 30 Oct 2001 14:16:15 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9UEGJK17116 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:16:19 -0800 Message-Id: <200110301416.f9UEGJK17116@red.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 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 06:16:18 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:U.S..Military.Unveils.Smart.ID.Card] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit U.S. Military Unveils Smart ID Card By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters, 10/30/2001 <a href="http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011029/tc/tech_military_usa_dc_1.html">http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011029/tc/tech_military_usa_dc_1.html> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. military officials on Monday unveiled a new generation of ``smart'' identity cards, but were still weighing whether to add medical data and other information to the chip-based ID cards. The Defense Department said it expected to issue the chip-based ``common access cards'' to 4.3 million military personnel -- including active military, selected reserves, civilian employees and some contractors -- within the next 15 months. Officials said the cards, which include a photograph, bar code, magnetic strip and other identifying text, would help tighten security on access at 900 U.S. military sites worldwide, including the Pentagon (news - web sites), and to computer networks, including access to encrypted e-mail and online transactions. ``The big benefits are in the area of security,'' said Dr. David Chu, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, told Reuters. ``You can know who was in a facility at a given time.'' He said that issue had taken on new importance after the Sept. 11 hijacking attacks and the discovery of anthrax-laced letters, which has prompted the government to put thousands of postal workers and others exposed to the potentially deadly bacteria on antibiotics. ``This technology is an important tool to improving the way the Defense Department does business,'' he said. Once the cards are widely distributed, the military could also use them to help create manifests for troop deployments, greatly speeding a process that can last hours now, officials said. Holders could also use the cards to book and file travel plans and expenses, officials said. MEDICAL DATA COULD BE ADDED LATER The military later could add encrypted medical information to the cards, or simply use them to access secure computer files with that information, Chu said. But, he said there would be benefits and risks to such a move, and the Pentagon had not yet approved it. Mary Dixon, director of the Defense Department's access card office, said officials were mindful of service members' privacy concerns. Assistant Secretary of Defense John Stenbit said other countries such as South Africa already used such cards to control access to voting booths and welfare benefits. Officials at the Pentagon and EDS Corp. (NYSE:EDS - news), the main contractor for the smart cards, said efforts were underway to boost the capacity of the cards within a year. Efforts were also underway to add an individual's fingerprint, which could be ready for implementation within two years, said Ken Scheflen, director of the Defense Manpower Data Center. Scheflen said the Pentagon's experience with the new technology could prove useful in any move to create national identification cards for the United States, but no such discussions were underway. While the military had no trouble authenticating its users, it could prove more difficult to do so if each American was issued a national ID -- potentially over 200 million people, Scheflen said. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/UnN2wB/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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