IP: Re: Experts Say Key Internet Servers Vulnerable to Attack

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 09:02:16 -0500
> From: Dan Steinberg <synthesis () videotron ca>
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: IP: Experts Say Key Internet Servers Vulnerable to Attack
>
> Dave,


> As I said before, I'm really not sure changing the focus of the ICANN 
> meeting to
> security was very useful but it sure is a contrast to the other trends you 
> have been
> reporting here.
>
> On one hand there are people jumping up and down and asking that websites 
> about
> pipelines, locations of power plants, etc be taken off the net just to not 
> give anyone
> any ideas.  And people asking you to not reveal what went on during your 
> brainstorming
> sessions.
>
> On the other...we get live feed and web archive of people sitting around 
> (or standing)
> talking about how to bring down the root servers. It was particularly 
> interesting to
> hear about Paul Vixie talking openly about at least one of the net's 
> 'seven dirty
> secrets'.
>
> How long before someone reads the NYTimes article and decides that ICANN 
> meetings
> should be held in secret?
>
> These are interesting times, and no, I don't have a solution or even an 
> official
> opinion on net.self.censorship other than it is probably futile short-term 
> what with
> the robustness of the net giving birth to the concept of mirrors and 
> cached pages. And
> long-term, anyone who is determined can probably get the info somewhere 
> else. OK. so
> maybe that constitutes an opinion.
>
> Feel free to publish this if you think it useful,
>
>
> --
> Dan Steinberg
>
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