[ga] FYI: US Cybersecurity Plan, DNS and protocols

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

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White House preps cybersecurity plan
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958159.html?tag=dnso-ga
 
 By Declan McCullagh
 Staff Writer, CNET News.com
 September 16, 2002, 6:58 PM PT

 WASHINGTON--The White House's cyberspace security plan, scheduled 
 to be released Wednesday, envisions a broad new role for the 
 federal government in maintaining Internet security.

 [...]

 Another point of criticism is the Domain Name System (DNS), which 
 translates domain names such as cnet.com into numeric addresses 
 such as 206.16.0.148. "The accuracy of the data in the DNS databases 
 needs to be improved and stronger mechanisms are needed to ensure 
 the authentication of the DNS database along with changes to the 
 database," the report concludes.

 The draft suggests that it's time for the federal government to 
 become more involved in the development of Internet protocols, 
 security and standards- -a role currently assumed by the Internet 
 Engineering Task Force. 

 Government, it says, must "conduct research and development for 
 the collective good. This is a role that the government played 
 during the founding of the Internet...The federal government, 
 without regulating or controlling the Internet, should 
 systematically ensure that necessary research and similar 
 activities are conducted to insure the security and reliability 
 of the Internet."  

 [...]

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