Internet Security: Where Do We Stand

buxton writes "The Economist is running an interesting story which overviews the current global situation on internet security in hackers, terrorism, worms & virii, Microsoft's 'monoculture', and a bunch of other interesting points. Some nice suggestions made by big names in the software industry have been included, such as creating more easily traceable methods of people (i.e. trying to eliminate online anonimity) as a method of preventing hackers. One suggestion which I thought was partictularly interesting involved a bounty system whereby a price would be put on 'hacker's heads', incentivating other hackers to go after them and bring them forward."

Comments

"Stupid and Bribable"

[larien]

Three words which make a very good point about the sorry state of the American political system; the politicians are paid to push the agendas of the rich, while ignoring the majority of the people they are supposed to be representing.

Being British, this shouldn't affect me directly, but with Blair doing his best to be Bush's lapdog, what starts in the US will inevitably trundle it's way here.