Deliberation of "National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace"

An anonymous reader writes "Per the Federal Register the National Infastructure Advisory Council will have a public meeting (telephonically) from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm EST on 1/8/2003 to deliberate on the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. 'Written comments may be submitted at any time before or after the meeting.' Details can be found in text format or in PDF."

Comments

opinions:

[SHEENmaster]

Libertarian: Leave cyberspace alone.
Linux: Leave cyberspace alone.
/.: Leave cyberspace the fuck alone.

Conclusion? "Cyberspace" isn't under anyone's control because it can't be bought, sold, or bribed.
U.S. law on the other hand, can be bought and sold like trading cards.

Re:opinions:

[Anonymous Coward]

U.S. law on the other hand, can be bought and sold like trading cards.

Brilliant! First we get the Senate hooked on CCG's, then we collect surplus rares from the /. crowd...

"I'll give you this Black Lotus if you repeal the DMCA..." :)

Over heard at the meeting...

[El Camino SS]

"There really is only one way to secure cyberspace as we know it. We need to create in secret an army of clones to protect us from all of our enemies."

-AZ Sen. James Palpatine (D)

I claim...

[Anonymous Coward]

I claim ze internet in ze name of Fronce! Viva La Fronce!

[I'm aware that this is a US initiative. France just sounded funnier.]

GGardner's corollary to Godwin's law

[GGardner]

the Internet was originally designed decenteralized to avoid any one node being knocked out (by nuke) and cutting off those not vaporized

I would like to propose a corollary to Godwin's law: In any online thread, any mention about how the Internet was designed to survive nuclear attack immediately terminates that thread.

Re:GGardner's corollary to Godwin's law

[Ellen Ripley]

... any mention about how the Internet was designed to survive nuclear attack immediately terminates that thread.

550 THREADTERM (nuclear)
223 DETECT THREADTERM (nuclear)
224 ACK THREADTERM (nuclear)
227 REROUTING TO ALTERNATE THREAD SERVER

Re:this is big..

[ceejayoz]

You sound lost. Perhaps you're looking for this thread?

Government's definition of "Secure".

[billstewart]

When the government talks about securing something, they don't mean the same things that your or I would mean.

• The Air Force's definition is "Write a purchase order to buy one."
• The Navy's definition is "Tie it down so it doesn't roll or bounce around."
• The Marines' definition is "Machine-gun it and post an armed guard once you're sure they're all dead."

They've already got their own Milnet, so they're not trying for the Air Force approach....

How I came to own FREE CYBERSPACE

[Anonymous Coward]

I always wanted to know how I can own millions of square feet of cyberspace WITHOUT PAYING ANYTHING. So one day this popup ad appears telling me that I was PREQUALIFIED to receive 500,000 SQUARE FEET of FREE cyberspace without paying ANYTHING! All I had to do was supply my email address and the email address of 5 close friends and I would be emailed my new cyberspace certificate within 7-10 days, AT NO COST! I finally received my certificate, so one day I am going to sell it when my cyberspace appreciates.

Cyberspace, eh?

[Anonymous Coward]

It's about time the government takes care of those deckers who keep breaking into systems, destroying my ICE.

I'm just glad they're working on Cyberspace rather than the Internet. 2d non-VR browsing is sooooo 1990's!