Department of Homeland Security sets out to control and subvert internet


DHS demands total power at ICANN meeting
Things like this are why I am convinced we never should have established a Department of Homeland Security. Mind you, this is a rumor and hasn't been substantiated yet.

"At an ICANN meeting in Lisbon, the US Department of Homeland Security made it clear that it has requested the master key for the DNS root zone. The key will play an important role in the new DNSSec security extension, because it will make spoofing IP-addresses impossible. By forcing the IANA to hand out a copy of the master key, the US government will be the only institution that is able to spoof IP addresses and be able to break into computers connected to the Internet without much effort. There's a further complication, of course, because even 'if the IANA retains the key ... the US government still reserves the right to oversee ICANN/IANA. If the keys are then handed over to ICANN/IANA, there would be even less of an incentive [for the U.S.] to give up this role as a monitor. As a result, the DHS's demands will probably only heat up the debate about US dominance of the control of Internet resources.'"

The internet is far too important to allow ANY government total control, much less the ability to manipulate IP addresses.

This whole thing is deeply ironic, considering that the internet descended from technology that decentralized information flow.

Just another in my thousand and seven reasons why the Department of Homeland Security should be demolished and it's buildings reduced to slag. At this rate, they'll soon surpass the IRS as my most despised Federal agency.

Hat tip the raw story via Strike the Root.

— NeoWayland

Posted: Wed - April 4, 2007 at 05:11 AM  Tag


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