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- To: debate@fitug.de
- Subject: Wired:
- From: Markus Fleck <fleck@informatik.uni-bonn.de>
- Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 07:01:15 +0100
- CC: Ingo Ruhmann <manuel@kiper.bn.eunet.de>
- Comment: This message comes from the debate mailing list.Critics Bash Reno's Cyberwar Plan
- Organization: University of Bonn, Germany
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<http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/10605.html>:
> US Attorney General Janet Reno unveiled a
> program today to establish a new command center
> to fight "cyber attacks" against the nation's critical
> computer networks. The $64 million center would
> reportedly unify existing federal computer security
> efforts to investigate computer penetrations of
> banks, the military, and other core systems.
>
> But computer security experts sharply criticized
> Reno's plan as short-sighted, noting that she is
> deflecting responsibility for a very serious situation
> away from software vendors and the widespread
> lack of education about basic computer security
> safeguards.
>
> [...]