Re: Germany skeptical on US plans for Internet firewall

[lsi <lsi () LSI CLARA NET>]

Pardon me,

But since when does the definition of "shield" include the ability to
attack?  Let's call a spade a spade, that's a weapon, not a shield.

Stuart

> At the weekend, James Adams, an advisor for US security services NSA,
> told Handelsblatt the project for a national defense shield against
> attacks on data networks to be ready by 2003 was analogous with the
> planned National Missile Defense system.
>
> Adams said if a state was in a position to cut the US water supply via
> a cyber-attack, the US must be in a position to retaliate by laming
> its power supply or its banking system.

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