Michael Hayden, President George W. Bush’s CIA director is suggesting that The United States should create a new Internet infrastructure a “.secure” network for critical services such as banking that would be walled off from the public and which would reduce the threat of cyber attacks.
A .Secure network would require visitors to use certified credentials for entry and would do away with users’ Fourth Amendment rights to privacy.
Network operators in the financial sector, for example, would be authorized to scan account holders’ traffic content for signs of trouble.
The current Internet setup would remain intact for people who prefer to stay anonymous on the Web.
The idea according to nextgov.com also has the support of U.S. Cyber Command chief Gen. Keith Alexander.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., chairman of the Judiciary Crime and Terrorism subcommittee, has cited Alexander’s backing of the idea to urge that his fellow lawmakers help create a .secure domain.
“This doesn’t have to be complicated or even mandatory,” he said on the Senate floor in November 2010. “The most important value of a dot-secure domain is that, like dot-gov and dot-mil, now we can satisfy consent under the Fourth Amendment search requirements for the government’s defenses to do their work within that domain, their work of screening for attack signals, botnets and viruses.”
Interesting
dot secure…ha ha that is oxymoron.
You are inviting hackers to hack.
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“The current Internet setup would remain intact for people who prefer to stay anonymous on the Web.”
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I heard on the t’internet they’re also thinking about changing the current Internet and will be renaming it the 51stState, applicants will be required to pay a $1,000 monthly subscription fee and will be subject to all laws of the USA regardless of where they live in the world.
All applicants will be vetted by the DHS prior to membership, successful applicants will be microchipped behind the ear with a gps tracking chip (similar to a dog) before receiving their new “digital passport” to the 51stState.
Included with the subscription fees are a fingerprint recognition keyboard, a voice activated monitor and a retinal scan operated mouse all at no extra charge.
Senator B.Brother who is behind the current proposals said:
“We beleive this will help all businesses and individuals to operate in a safe & secure manner whilst preserving Democracy, Freedom of Speech & Liberty for all our new members of the 51stState.”
“The implementation of the 51stState has been prosponed until Aug 2011 pending approval of an additional $2.4 Trillion in funding.”
Next up, a Trademark application for .secure.
I don’t think they need a new one. Waste of money.
Really interesting stuff. This really got us thinking over at Threat Geek. What’s your reaction? http://www.threatgeek.com/2011/07/are-you-serious.html