Comments on: Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet http://militantlibertarian.org/2010/03/03/cyberwar-hype-intended-to-destroy-the-open-internet/ Give me liberty or eat lead! Tue, 22 May 2012 18:14:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Militant Libertarian http://militantlibertarian.org/2010/03/03/cyberwar-hype-intended-to-destroy-the-open-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-834 Militant Libertarian Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:22:52 +0000 http://militantlibertarian.org/?p=4906#comment-834 Well, with Google getting hit by China and then China turning around and claiming that they are constant victims of U.S. attacks on their systems, I have to wonder if this isn't just a lot of propaganda. My brother-in-law is in the USAF as a "cyberwarrior" (high rank, highest security) and he says we are only vulnerable if we "plug in." Secrets aren't on systems that can plug into anything more than an intranet. Banks and other private institutions? That's their problem, not the government's. The fact that each security level requires not just a separate login, but an entirely separate system and area of the complex (he literally has to walk between three buildings just to retrieve emails on each of the clearance levels) should tell you something. Well, with Google getting hit by China and then China turning around and claiming that they are constant victims of U.S. attacks on their systems, I have to wonder if this isn’t just a lot of propaganda. My brother-in-law is in the USAF as a “cyberwarrior” (high rank, highest security) and he says we are only vulnerable if we “plug in.” Secrets aren’t on systems that can plug into anything more than an intranet. Banks and other private institutions? That’s their problem, not the government’s. The fact that each security level requires not just a separate login, but an entirely separate system and area of the complex (he literally has to walk between three buildings just to retrieve emails on each of the clearance levels) should tell you something.

]]> By: Cyberwar http://militantlibertarian.org/2010/03/03/cyberwar-hype-intended-to-destroy-the-open-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Cyberwar Thu, 25 Mar 2010 19:06:29 +0000 http://militantlibertarian.org/?p=4906#comment-828 I have to respectfully disagree with you. Being in the computer security field, I see the battle first hand. It is insane how easily our nations secrets are being stolen. We are the most advanced nation digitally, so we have many more open portals than other nations. I worked in the computer field for 15 years before I got into computer security. I thought it was a joke, but the first time you see a server compromised remotely and you have a command prompt in front of you, logged in as user "system", your eyes are opened pretty fast. I am against losing more of our rights, but something needs to be done to shore up our countries digital borders. Right now, McConnell is right, we are an open door. I have to respectfully disagree with you. Being in the computer security field, I see the battle first hand. It is insane how easily our nations secrets are being stolen. We are the most advanced nation digitally, so we have many more open portals than other nations.

I worked in the computer field for 15 years before I got into computer security. I thought it was a joke, but the first time you see a server compromised remotely and you have a command prompt in front of you, logged in as user “system”, your eyes are opened pretty fast.

I am against losing more of our rights, but something needs to be done to shore up our countries digital borders. Right now, McConnell is right, we are an open door.

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