http://www2.handelsblatt.com/hbiwwwangebot/fn/relhbi/sfn/buildhbee/cn/bp_artikel_e/docid/430272/strucid/PAGE_201096/pageid/PAGE_201096/SH/0/depot/0/index.html 12. Juni 2001 HB/jrr BERLIN. Internet companies on Tuesday levelled strong criticism at Economics Minister Werner Mller's Internet security plans, saying that electronic service and networks providers would become burdened with added costs running into billions. Speaking in Berlin as part of a key-note discussion of the "Partnerschaft sichere Internet-Wirtschaft" (partnership for secure Internet business), Mller called for improvements in Internet security. "Attacks on the Internet, companies and private users damage confidence in ecommerce," said Mller. Mller, who chaired the discussion attended by more than 50 representatives from business associations and companies, put his ministry's plans for a new telecoms surveillance ordinance (TKV) on ice at the meeting following strong criticism about costs, which Internet companies said would run into billions. The minister said that he would examine the cost implications of his civil servants' proposals, adding that he was "not tied" to the outcome. Jrgen Grtzner, chairman of the Association of the Providers of Telecommunications and ValueAdded Services (VATM), said the planned Internet security measures would cause both companies and citizens considerable problems. The massive increase in the monitoring of email and data transfer planned would actually be counterproductive to the goal of increasing confidence in ecommerce, claimed Grtzner. Digital signature provider Signpost, a subsidiary of German postal service provider Deutsche Post, calculates that Internet security problems cause businesses to lose around DM5 billion annually. But a spokesman for the federal office for security in informations technology told news agency Reuters that he estimated damages caused by Internet fraud at just a three-digit million sum. In a separate development, DASIT Datenschutz in Telediensten (data protection in telecom services), a research project supported by the Ministry of Economics and Technology, has developed prototype software which will enable consumers to make anonymous purchases via the Internet. The B2C business-to-consumer software , which was developed in partnership with IBM Deutschland Informationssysteme GmbH, has been undergoing field trials since May. ISN is hosted by SecurityFocus.com --- To unsubscribe email isn-unsubscribeat_private
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