[pchelpers] News:ITU Plan to Stop DoS Attacks Could End Net Anonymity Too

Peter Sayer, IDG News Service

Finding ways to limit DoS attacks and SMS spam by making it harder to
spoof the origin of electronic communications is on the agenda at a
telecommunications standards meeting next week -- but civil rights
advocates worry it could put an end to anonymity on the Internet.

Making it possible to trace the origin of all Internet traffic "raises
grave concerns in terms of facilitating government repression," said Jim
Dempsey, vice president for public policy at the Center for Democracy
and Technology. "I'm skeptical of the claimed benefits for security."

At a meeting of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in
Geneva next week, telecoms experts will discuss draft recommendation
X.tb-ucr, Trace back use case and requirements, looking at ways to
identify the source of packets sent across IP (Internet Protocol)
networks. 

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