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IGP: ICANN Gets "Securitized"
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks () hicks-net net>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:41:28 -0700 (PDT)
I was busy renewing my domain names just now and spotted this: IGP: ICANN Gets "Securitized" * Apr 02, 2009 12:10 PM PDT Milton Mueller posting on the Internet Governance Project today, writes: "This is no April Fool's joke: here is a bill that is almost a caricature of what the rest of the world fears about U.S. control of the Internet DNS root and ICANN. Legislation unveiled today by Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, would require a Presidentially appointed cybersecurity advisory panel to ensure that national security would not be compromised before approving the renewal or modification of the contract between the U.S. government and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. According to a summary of the bill, it would 'make sure that ICANN does not succumb to foreign pressure' to end its relationship with the U.S. government." Read full story: http://blog.internetgovernance.org/blog/_archives/2009/4/2/4141451.html Other sources: UPDATED Apr 02, 2009 2:54 PM PDT Major Cybersecurity Bill Introduced In Senate - InformationWeek, Apr 2, 2009 http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/technology/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402498 Senate Legislation Would Federalize Cybersecurity - Washington Post, Apr 2, 2009 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033103684.html?hpid=topnews --------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer | Direct: 408.569.7928 People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf -- George Orwell The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. -- Thomas Jefferson "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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