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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Obama and Congress Approve Resolution that Supports UN Internet Takeover vid

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Posted on June 17, 2012 by afteramerica

Obama and Congress Approve Resolution that Supports UN Internet Takeover

In late 2011, representative from China, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan submitted a proposal called the International Code of Conduct for Information Security (ICCIS) to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon that called for international consensus of a global set of rules and regulations that standardize information flow on the internet.

The ICCIS sets forth specific “principles of maintaining information and network security which cover the political, military, economic, social, cultural, technical and other aspects.”

The ICCIS mandates that countries not be allowed to use information and telecommunications technologies “to conduct hostile behaviors and acts of aggression or to threaten international peace and security and stress that countries have the rights and obligations to protect their information and cyberspace as well as key information and network infrastructure from threats, interference and sabotage attacks.”

Read the full text here .

Army General Keith Alexander, commander of the US Cyber Command (USCC) and director of the National Security Agency (NSA), does not support the UN’s International Telecommunication Union; citing that the US needs toindependently protect their “critical networks” such as electrical power, banking, transportation and other “key elements of society”.

Alexander would like for individual nations to control and regulate their internet. Keith suggests using cloud technology by remote computer servers to mitigate cyber threats and monitor the activity of web users. He said: “These are things that you must do to secure your networks for government survivability.”

Alexander mentioned that the Congress is currently debating whether or not to mandate US firms be required to admit their knowledge of information concerning cyber-attacks.

“Here’s what concerns me: What we’re seeing is destructive [digital] payloads coming out, payloads that can make a blue screen of death, that can stop your operating system, your router or peripheral devices,” Alexander said.

The increase of cell phone and internet use has elevated the threat level, according to Alexander. He sees this technology in the hands of the general public as a lack of security of the years and would like to see more stringent controls put in place.

Shawn Henry, FBI executive assistant director for cyber-issues and a conference speaker would like to see the ability of the US government to identify anonymous cyber-attackers and called for “assurance” of telecommunications to control the internet by remote security.

Henry stated: “The Internet was developed with protocols allowing for anonymity and there are legitimate reasons for wanting it that way. But for those critical uses of the Internet where intrusion is entirely unacceptable and we must be able to identify the users, market-driven factors may prompt the private sector to explore solutions and alternate architectures to meet those needs.”

Senator Marco Rubio affirmed that the State Department will assign a speaker to send to international talks with the UN in December of this year.

Rubio, who denounced the FCC for internet neutrality and then suddenly withdrew his support of the Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Then admonished Senate Majority leader Harry Reid to bring SOPA and PIPA back to the Senate floor for re-discussion.

When speaking about China’s internet censoring practices, Rubio said: “Any place that bans certain terms from search should not be a leader in international Internet regulatory framework.” Rubio is absolutely hypocritical, believing that his support of internet regulatory laws is somehow different than China’s outright internet controls.
Link to source: http://bit.ly/LXUYxZ_Obama_give_internet_to_UN