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Re: Who wants to be in charge of the Internet today?
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:53:12 -0400
On Jun 23, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Sean Donelan wrote:
The U.S. is poorly prepared for a major disruption of the Internet,according to a study that an influential group of chief executives willpublish today.The Business Roundtable, composed of the CEOs of 160 large U.S. companies, said neither the government nor the private sector has a coordinated planto respond to an attack, natural disaster or other disruption of theInternet. While individual government agencies and companies have theirown emergency plans in place, little coordination exists between the groups, according to the study. "It's a matter of more clearly defining who has responsibility," saidEdward Rust Jr., CEO of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., wholeads the Roundtable's Internet-security effort.
Isn't the point of the Internet that no one is in charge?I shudder to think what would happen under large scale attack if one of the CEOs in that room had "responsibility" for the correct functioning of the "Internet".
This definitely falls into the "Just Doesn't Get It" category. -- TTFN, patrick
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- Re: Who wants to be in charge of the Internet today? Patrick W. Gilmore (Jun 22)
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- Re: Who wants to be in charge of the Internet today? Peter Ferrigan (Jun 23)
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