The tensions of securing cyberspace: the Internet, state power & the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 02:22:30 -0500
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From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com>
Subject: The tensions of securing cyberspace: the Internet, state power &
 the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace

The tensions of securing cyberspace: the Internet, state power & the
National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
by Michael T. Zimmer

Abstract

The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace exposes a growing tension
between the nature of the Internet and the regulatory powers of the
traditional nation-state. The National Strategy declares, with all
the strength and authority of the United States government, the
desire to secure a space many consider, by its very nature, chaotic
and beyond the reach any organized or central control. This paper
will argue that both the structural architecture of the Internet and
the substantive values codified within it clash with governmental
efforts to "secure cyberspace."

Contents

Introduction
A brief history of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace
The architecture of the Internet
The structural tensions with state power
The substantive tensions with state power
Conclusion


http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_3/zimmer/index.html

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