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Interview with Tim Wu
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 12 June 2009
Tim Wu was speaking at the IIEA in Dublin on 25 May. I had a talk with him on the record about Theodore Vail, AT&T Bell, net neutrality, Internet regulation, Google and “the temptation of Goolge”, norms on the Internet, and the future of mobile networks.
Norms on the Net: Governing the Internet and the perils of failure
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 21 May 2008
(I just published this article on the online magazine http://www.nthposition.com/, which Seamus Sweeney introduced me to.)
Odd as it might seem in a world of ubiquitous computing and hand held email devices, the first ever web browsing software made its debut in 1991. Not until the mid 1990s did the Internet begin to make any commercial [...]
Swiss Government CT paper: “Internet governance: why openness is security”
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 29 April 2008
I spoke on the issue of Internet governance at the Swiss Government’s counter terrorism seminar on 29 April 2008. Here is the presentation.
My interview with Toomas Ilves, President of Estonia, on digital infrastructure
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 26 April 2008
I interviewed Toomas Ilves, President of the Republic of Estonia, on 15 April 2008, about digital infrastructure, the DDOS attacks, and the future of digital competitiveness.
Associated Press picks up on my take on iWar
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 20 April 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iOa2mqt5DXi7h40NageheWNxCyTQD8VPR7JG0
The Associated Press report that:
NATO needs to gear up for “iWar” — systematic attacks on the Web that could disrupt commerce worldwide by using crippling computer worms to shut down consumer online services such as Internet banking — warns Johnny Ryan, a researcher with the Institute of International and European Affairs.
“iWar will proliferate quickly and [...]
Pluscarden paper
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 17 February 2008
I spoke at the Pluscarden Conference last weekend. Here’s the paper.
New article in openDemocracy – iWar: pirates, states and the internet
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 6 February 2008
Full story http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/iwar_pirates_states_and_the_internet
I have introduced the term “iWar” (in an piece in NATO Review [Winter 2007], as well as this longer openDemocracy article) to denote attacks carried out over the internet that target the consumer internet infrastructure, such as the websites that provide access to online banking services. In this understanding, iWar is distinct from [...]
NATO Review: “iWar”
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 21 December 2007
Title: “iWar”: A new threat, its convenience – and our increasing vulnerability.
See news coverage of this article at Associated Press.
With a computer in virtually every home and office, the chances for mass communication are better than ever before. But how well protected are we if that communication is malicious or hostile? John [...]
iWar
Posted by: johnnyryan on: 15 August 2007
Published in TCSDaily http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=071807B, 13 August 2007.
The “virtual siege” of Estonia in which distributed denial of service attacks shut down important banking, government and media websites throughout late April and May 2007 is an example of “iWar”. The Estonian example should be considered as a sign of things to come.
A short time from now it [...]
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