Re: [ALSC-Forum] National Infrastructure protection Centre

[Mr. Pindar Wong]

Hi Joanna,

Interesting observation but your reading too much into this.

Cheers,

p.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanna Lane" <jo-uk@rcn.com>
To: <forum@atlargestudy.org>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 5:59 AM
Subject: [ALSC-Forum] National Infrastructure protection Centre


>
> I would be most interested to know what relationship, if any, the ALSC has
> had with the US National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC)
> <http://www.nipc.gov>, either directly, or indirectly through an ISAC
> (private sector Information and Analysis Centre)?
>
>
> According to the NIPC website ...." Presidential Decision Directive (PDD)
> 63, no later than 2003 the United States shall have achieved and shall
> maintain the ability to protect our nation's critical infrastructures from
> acts that would significantly diminish the abilities of:
>
> the federal government to perform essential national security missions and
> to ensure the general public and safety; state and local governments to
> maintain order and to deliver minimum essential public services; the
private
> sector to ensure the orderly functioning of the economy and the delivery
of
> essential telecommunications, energy, financial, and transportation
> services; and any interruptions or manipulations of these critical
functions
> must be brief, infrequent, manageable, geographically isolated, and
> minimally detrimental to the welfare of the United States."
>
> It could be argued that increased public participation in control of the
DNS
> through direct At large membership could have an adverse effect on meeting
> NIPC objectives to ensure orderly functioning of the internet, and in
turn,
> the economy, hence discreet pressure could have been brought to bear upon
> ICANN in the national interests of the USA, by the intelligence community,
> to reduce the ability of the public to influence policy decisions. This
> would be one reason to now be unpicking the At Large committment without
> giving any solid reasons. Does this make sense, or am I reading too much
> into this?
>
> Regards,
> Joanna
>
>