[Chapter-delegates] "Internet driving licenses" to prevent cyber war?

[Ed Traian Tric]

Dear Marcin
It's not swiss , nor american or polish idea.
It's a good old russian one.
Former Komrad Eugene Kaspersky (and it's main shareholder :) ) is promoting 
this idea  for a while.
Mr Kudelski , Mr Mundie and Mr TOure should give credit to the original 
inventor and dissseminator of the idea . 
Having a sorte of id for accessing professionnal services , while keeping 
anonymous for personal services on INternet might be a good approach , 
regardless of the  "scare me to death so that i can invade you" doctrine.
Regards,
Ed


În data de Mar 02 Feb 2010 23:34:49 Marcin Cieslak a scris:
> A must read. In full. --Marcin
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> UN chief calls for treaty to prevent cyber war
> 
> (AFP) – 3 days ago
> 
> DAVOS, Switzerland — The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber
> attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications
> and technology agency warned Saturday.
> 
> International Telcommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun
> Toure gave his warning at a World Economic Forum debate where experts
> said nations must now consider when a cyber attack becomes a
> declaration of war.
> 
> With attacks on Google from China a major talking point in Davos,
> Toure said the risk of a cyber conflict between two nations grows
> every year.
> 
> He proposed a treaty in which countries would engage not to make
> the first cyber strike against another nation.
> 
> "A cyber war would be worse than a tsunami -- a catastrophe," the
> UN official said, highlighting examples such as attacks on Estonia
> last year.
> 
> He proposed an international accord, adding: "The framework would
> look like a peace treaty before a war."
> 
> Countries should guarantee to protect their citizens and their right
> to access to information, promise not to harbour cyber terrorists
> and "should commit themselves not to attack another."
> 
> John Negroponte, former director of US intelligence, said intelligence
> agencies in the major powers would be the first to "express
> reservations" about such an accord.
> 
> Susan Collins, a US Republican senator who sits on several Senate
> military and home affairs committees, said the prospect of a cyber
> attack sparking a war is now being considered in the United States.
> 
> "If someone bombed the electric grid in our country and we saw the
> bombers coming in it would clearly be an act of war.
> 
> "If that same country uses sophisticated computers to knock out our
> electricity grid, I definitely think we are getting closer to saying
> it is an act of war," Collins said.
> 
> Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer for Microsoft,
> said "there are at least 10 countries in the world whose internet
> capability is sophisticated enough to carry out cyber attacks ...
> and they can make it appear to come from anywhere."
> 
> "The Internet is the biggest command and control centre for every
> bad guy out there," he said.
> 
> The head of online security company McAfee told another Davos debate
> Friday that China, the United States, Russia, Israel and France are
> among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up
> for possible Internet hostilities.
> 
> Mundie and other experts have said there is a growing need to police
> the internet to clampdown on fraud, espionage and the spread of
> viruses.
> 
> "People don't understand the scale of criminal activity on the
> internet. Whether criminal, individual or nation states, the community
> is growing more sophisticated," the Microsoft executive said.
> 
> "We need a kind of World Health Organisation for the Internet," he
> said.
> 
> "When there is a pandemic, it organises the quarantine of cases.
> We are not allowed to organise the systematic quarantine of machines
> that are compromised."
> 
> He also called for a "driver's license" for internet users.
> 
> "If you want to drive a car you have to have a license to say that
> you are capable of driving a car, the car has to pass a test to say
> it is fit to drive and you have to have insurance."
> 
> Andre Kudelski, chairman of Kudelski Group, said that a new internet
> might have to be created forcing people to have two computers that
> cannot connect and pass on viruses. "One internet for secure
> operations and one internet for freedom."
> 
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