IP: Online Attacks Renew Security Calls Wash Post

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/A48838-2000Feb13.html

Online Attacks Renew Security Calls
                

By John Schwartz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, February 14, 2000; Page A1

As the White House prepares to bring technology and business leaders 
together with government officials tomorrow to discuss the Internet's 
vulnerabilities, last week's attacks against popular online sites have 
renewed calls to rein in the World Wide Web's freewheeling culture.

On Wednesday, Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) will hear testimony from Attorney 
General Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis J. Freeh about whether law 
enforcement agencies are getting the funding needed to challenge of online 
crime.

At news briefings last week about the attacks, which in each case slowed or 
blocked online traffic for a few hours, Justice Department officials 
reiterated their pleas for $37 million in additional funding to expand 
efforts to police the Internet. The funds would be part of more than $2 
billion the Clinton administration has requested for fiscal 2001 to protect 
against hacking and online terrorism.