IP: Feds To Draw 'Map' of Internet

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff@iconia.com>
> To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
>
> Feds To Draw 'Map' of Internet
> By Tim McDonald, www.NewsFactor.com
>
> The U.S. federal government will begin the work of drawing a "map" of the
> Internet next month, in an attempt to improve the country's ability to
> better respond to future cyber-attacks, according to Richard Clarke,
> President Bush (news - web sites)'s advisor on cyber-security.
>
> The National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center will diagram the
> complex links between the country's critical Internet infrastructure, such
> as interdependent telecom and information technology networks, electric
> power grids, transportation systems, and gas and oil pipelines.
>
> "The center will create an acupuncture map of the country, so we will know
> where to harden our protection," Clarke said in statement.
>
> --SNIP--
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nf/20011207/tc/15181_1.html

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