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IP: Netly News on Walter Cronkite and hacker-trackers
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 06 Apr 1998 19:10:31 -0400
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 09:11:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/opinion/0,1042,1875,00.html The Netly News April 6, 1998 * * * The man a generation of Americans turned to for news wants to see federal regulation of web sites. Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite said at a National Press Club luncheon on Friday that the Internet should be protected from censorship, "but on the other hand -- I'd love to see some legislation to this effect -- we should place a heavy responsibility on all who use the Internet to clearly identify themselves." Perhaps with visions of Internet bottom feeder Matt Drudge in mind, the assembled Washington press corps doltishly applauded. But would this be the end of anonymous or pseudonymous sites such as suck.com? Cronkite griped, "You don't know where you can go to appeal, and this is obviously grossly unfair and unjust." When press club president Douglas Harbrecht asked Cronkite if he himself logged on, he demurred. "I hate to answer that truthfully because if I do, I will look like I am so old up here that I probably ought to get off this podium and get out to a retirement home somewhere," he said. "But I find that I don't have the time to surf the Internet." Guess he never saw the Walter Cronkite Didn't Really Spit in My Food Page. * * * The National Infrastructure Protection Center is looking for a few good hacker-trackers. The multiagency government group's purpose is to respond to "cyber-attacks," mostly hacker intrusions into government and private-sector computers. Qualifications for the job include outstanding technical expertise -- or counterintelligence and counterterrorism analysis and operations. Fax your r sum and cover letter to Linda McKetney at (202) 324-0311. No e-mail address is given. * * *
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