Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4238-1010452890-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 07 Jan 2002 17:23:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 6738 invoked by uid 510); 8 Jan 2002 01:21:52 -0000 Received: from n24.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.74) by all.net with SMTP; 8 Jan 2002 01:21:52 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4238-1010452890-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.188] by n24.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 08 Jan 2002 01:21:30 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 8 Jan 2002 01:21:29 -0000 Received: (qmail 14434 invoked from network); 8 Jan 2002 01:21:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.171) by m2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 8 Jan 2002 01:21:29 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.125.69) by mta3.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 8 Jan 2002 01:21:29 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g081Lxw03062 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:21:59 -0800 Message-Id: <200201080121.g081Lxw03062@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 17:21:59 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:'Network.nation'.will.foil.terror] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 'Network nation' will foil terror By Dennis Kozlowski, USA Today, 1/7/2002 <a href="http://pub33.ezboard.com/fgrassrootscurrentinformationcenterfrm1.showMessage?topicID=1369.topic">http://pub33.ezboard.com/fgrassrootscurrentinformationcenterfrm1.showMessage?topicID=1369.topic> Despite our success in Afghanistan, concerns over terrorist threats here at home have not dissipated. In fact, we've been warned of threats to targets as diverse as Western bridges, Northeastern shopping malls and, most chillingly, Texas public schools. President Bush has asked citizens to lend their "eyes and ears to our efforts to find and stop those who want to do us harm," echoing similar appeals by the FBI and the Office of Homeland Security. Americans are eager to assume their new responsibilities, but we don't know how and where to look and listen. We need a new vision: a new national network for "citizen defense." This network must: Be impervious to terrorist attacks. Empower citizens to truly play a part in identifying and responding to security threats in real time. Allow public-safety officials to instantly alert citizens to threats or emergencies and tell them how to respond. The USA has long been the "network nation," the hub of commerce, language, entertainment and technology. That is part of our strength - and our vulnerability. Al-Qaeda didn't have to loft ICBMs across the Atlantic to hit the heart of America's vitality: the network that allows a free flow of communication, ideas, mail, trade, travel - and life. Terrorists demonstrated that our network is vulnerable to single points of failure. By choosing strategic targets - the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, our mail system - they temporarily paralyzed certain network channels. We must create a stronger, faster and more robust network that prevents, not simply withstands, terrorist attacks. A good start: Activate a complete, ubiquitous broadband network, accessible to all Americans. A broadband solution Like the Internet, which worked on Sept. 11 while telephone and cellular networks crashed, a broadband citizen-defense network could survive a break in one part of the system, while adding extra capacity to deal with a surge in traffic during an emergency. Unlike the Internet, a broadband citizen-defense network would carry high-resolution video images and voice communication. Right now, Web cams allow online users to check out Aspen ski conditions, watch the San Diego Zoo's pandas, monitor New Jersey Turnpike traffic snarls or gaze at the waves off California's Laguna Beach. A broadband network for citizen defense would expand cam coverage and open up access, enabling citizens to keep an eye on sites that concern them most - a local airstrip, power plant or their children's school. For example, Texas schools last month were put on alert after foreign intelligence suggested a terrorist threat. The warning soon was withdrawn, but it illustrates our ongoing vulnerability to attack, as well as the inadequate nature of our network: in this case, a one-way alert issued from government to citizens. Citizens alert and ready Imagine a different network in which parents can check the playground and halls of their children's schools via their computer or a handheld video monitor. Imagine they can talk to their children via videophone and use the same device to alert police to potential threats to the school. Imagine that school or government officials can immediately tell parents or citizens about threats or what to do in an actual emergency. Imagine, too, that citizens can watch the watchers by accessing cams mounted in, say, public and private surveillance-monitoring stations to ensure that our civil liberties aren't abused. Historically, war has made possible things that would have been too daunting and daring in more pacific times. There is already talk of putting cameras inside airplanes and using wireless networks to both reassure passengers and, if necessary, take control of the aircraft. But we need more: a new people's technology, a new network that will truly empower Americans to take up their new responsibilities in citizen defense while allowing them to live safer, more vital lives. Dennis Kozlowski is CEO of Tyco International Ltd. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Tiny Wireless Camera under $80! Order Now! FREE VCR Commander! Click Here - Only 1 Day Left! http://us.click.yahoo.com/WoOlbB/7.PDAA/ySSFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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