-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Information_technology] Daily News 11/01/02 Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2002 09:51:35 -0600 From: "NIPC Watch" <nipcwatch@private> To: "Information Technology" <information_technology@private> October 31, Government Computer News U.S. should fund R&D for secure Internet protocols, Clarke says. Presidential cybersecurity advisor Richard Clarke today renewed his call for government funding to support R&D for more secure Internet protocols. Clarke told reporters that security and reliability of the basic protocols underlying the Internet have not received enough attention because no one has a proprietary interest in them. "We have begun to think about the tragedy of the commons," the economic theory that no one takes responsibility for property that is held in common, he said. "The commons of cyberspace are the protocols. The question is, what is the role of the U.S. government in regard to this?" The draft National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, released in September by the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board, headed by Clarke, says the role should be financial support. The strategy recommends funding in fiscal 2004 for research on security for intrusion detection, applications and protocols. Source: http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/20382-1.html October 30, IDG News Service Wi-Fi eyes better wireless LAN security. The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, which certifies IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN products with the Wi-Fi label, on Thursday will announce a new set of mechanisms to combat the security problem that has plagued wireless LANs. A WECA official did not provide details of the mechanisms but said they are intended to replace the current security system based on Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP). WEP, which is built in to products that use the IEEE 802.11b and 802.11a standards, is easy for intruders to break into, according to many analysts and other observers. A task group within the working group that administers 802.11 in the IEEE is developing a new security specification that would require equipment to support several different strong algorithms for encrypting traffic. That work is not done yet, and products using it are not expected until the second half of next year. Source: http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2002/1030wifisec.html October 31, Computerworld FBI chief: Lack of incident reporting slows cybercrime fight - Computerworld. Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks last year, FBI director Robert Mueller has taken the unprecedented step of making the fight against cybercrime and cyberterrorism the bureau's No. 3 priority behind counterterrorism and counterintelligence. But private-sector cooperation in that fight remains woefully inadequate, Mueller told an invitation-only meeting of industry and government officials today. "You're not enabling us to do the job," Mueller said, referring to the lack of incident reporting coming from the private sector. The labs will include the participation of various agencies, including the Customs Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Source: http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/cybercrime/story/0,1080 1,75532,00.html _______________________________________________ Information_technology mailing list Information_technology@listserv http://listserv.infragard.org/mailman/listinfo/information_technology
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