Good Luck Banning Math (Again)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Chuck Brownstein <charles.brownstein () verizon net>
Date: February 20, 2009 1:30:54 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Subject: of likely interest
Reply-To: charles.brownstein () verizon net

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Good Luck Banning Math (Again)
I’ve got a lot of respect for Kurtz and the folks who have been  
attempting to address these issues for the past several years, but I  
think at least part of this strategy largely a waste of time.

Kurtz says cyberweapons require a deterrence policy, and to  
successfully deter an attack, you first need a capability to trace the  
origin of the attack. “I would argue that we need an active capability  
to trace back attacks,” which requires the collaboration among  
industry, law enforcement, and the intelligence community, he said.  
Then cyberweapons can be developed and potentially used to “suppress  
the use of kinetic weaponry.”

I mean, we already tried banning math once before and look how well  
that turned out.

Single coordinating body for response to cyber attack? Great idea.  
Systems and methods for helping achieve a level of attribution  
sufficient to respond, tough problem, but sure, I’m down with that  
too. What I don’t understand is how people think the deterrence or non- 
proliferation models are going to work in cyberspace. There is no  
Geiger counter for malcode. You can’t send inspectors in to see if a  
nation’s “peaceful software development lab” isn’t really a front for  
cyber weapons. Hello?! Some of the most powerful and successful such  
weapons have been developed and employed by non-state actors. Are we  
going to treat every computer science graduate as a potential e-A.Q.  
Kahn? Because that’s

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