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The Internet Storm Center has a somewhat more even-handed breakdown of the proposed legislation: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6124 http://isc.sans.org
by dsandler 18y ago
The Internet Storm Center has a somewhat more even-handed breakdown of the proposed legislation: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6124 http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=6124
The “shut down the Internet” part can be found in S.773 §18 (2): (http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/text?version=is&nid=t0:is:311 http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s773/text?version=is...)
> [The President] may declare a cybersecurity emergency and order the limitation or shutdown of Internet traffic to and from any compromised Federal Government or United States critical infrastructure information system or network […]
So we're talking about emergency airgapping federal/military networks, and whatever other domestic sections of the backbone are deemed “critical infrastructure.” It's quite an extreme measure, but there's no implication of claiming the power to turn off the lights for everyone around the world (or even in the US).
- psranga 18y agoI don't see anything about searching personal email here. Is the original arcticle inaccurate?
- LogicHoleFlaw 18y agoIt's that "critical infrastructure" bit which concerns me. It just seems way too open to scope creep. Who gets to declare what is critical?
- ensignavenger 18y agoThe President might define "critical infrastructure" as being the entire Internet- and many other countries route a large portion of their Internet traffic through the US- so a shutdown in the US would certainly slow down, if not shutdown, much of the rest of the world.