Re: [PLUG] Article on 'cyberwarfare'

[Greg Helledy <gregsonh@gra-inc.com>]

The problem with the "great firewall" idea is that, while it may sound 
good to people tasked with implementing computer security, it will sound 
bad to anyone with business or personal dealings on both sides of the wall.

Multinational corporations will demand the ability to maintain their 
VPNs between branches.  These companies tend to earn high returns in 
less-developed countries that presumably would be outside the "great 
firewall".  Individuals have friends and relatives around the world 
these days and won't take kindly to being walled off from them.  One 
would expect they'd take action at the political and technical levels to 
prevent that from happening.  I'm not a computer security expert but I 
understand it's difficult to maintain a firewall when you have people on 
both sides working to undermine its effectiveness.

I certainly do not want to be walled off from regions of the world 
because Big Brother says it's necessary for my own safety.

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Greg Helledy
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