Information Policy

Why the US Government Is Investing Millions in Internet Freedom Technologies

In a famous speech in early 2011, then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid out the US government's ambitious, albeit nebulous plan to free the internet of censorship and promote human rights online. Part of the plan was to fund anti-censorship technologies directly aimed at helping activists and netizens inside countries such as Iran and China.

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Attention, webmasters: Insecure website cookies set via HTTP requests may allow a remote attacker to obtain private information from a victim's HTTPS session, warns DHS-CERT.

The problem is this: A cookie can contain a “secure” flag, indicating that it should be  sent over only an HTTPS connection. Yet, there is no corresponding flag to indicate how a cookie was set. That means that attackers who act as a man-in-the-middle even temporarily on an HTTP session can inject cookies that will be attached to subsequent HTTPS connections—and use them to obtain data.

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Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and political scientist and writer Francis Fukuyama discussed the future of information technology in Stanford University, Silicon Valley.

The discussion between Ilves and Fokyama focused on the role of technology in the election processes of democratic countries and using technology to rise participation rate and trust in democracy.

By Paul Budde

You might recall that I played an advisory role to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in 2012 in Dubai. In the run-up to that event — as well as during and after it — I gave my opinion on the role of internet governance, plus an analysis of what was happening.

Islamabad: Realising the significance of internet as a fundamental component of economic, social and political life, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, will launch Pakistan School on Internet Governance (pkSIG) with an inaugural four-day workshop from October 5-8, 2015 at the HEC Secretariat.

Web Cookies Open the Door to Remote Site Compromise

Attention, webmasters: Insecure website cookies set via HTTP requests may allow a remote attacker to obtain private information from a victim's HTTPS session, warns DHS-CERT.

The problem is this: A cookie can contain a “secure” flag, indicating that it should be  sent over only an HTTPS connection. Yet, there is no corresponding flag to indicate how a cookie was set. That means that attackers who act as a man-in-the-middle even temporarily on an HTTP session can inject cookies that will be attached to subsequent HTTPS connections—and use them to obtain data.

Continue reading "Web Cookies Open the Door to Remote Site Compromise" »

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and political scientist and writer Francis Fukuyama discussed the future of information technology in Stanford University, Silicon Valley.

The discussion between Ilves and Fokyama focused on the role of technology in the election processes of democratic countries and using technology to rise participation rate and trust in democracy.

By Paul Budde

You might recall that I played an advisory role to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in 2012 in Dubai. In the run-up to that event — as well as during and after it — I gave my opinion on the role of internet governance, plus an analysis of what was happening.

Islamabad: Realising the significance of internet as a fundamental component of economic, social and political life, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, will launch Pakistan School on Internet Governance (pkSIG) with an inaugural four-day workshop from October 5-8, 2015 at the HEC Secretariat.

President Ilves, Francis Fukuyama discussed future of information technology

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves and political scientist and writer Francis Fukuyama discussed the future of information technology in Stanford University, Silicon Valley.

The discussion between Ilves and Fokyama focused on the role of technology in the election processes of democratic countries and using technology to rise participation rate and trust in democracy.

Revisiting Internet Governance

By Paul Budde

You might recall that I played an advisory role to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in 2012 in Dubai. In the run-up to that event — as well as during and after it — I gave my opinion on the role of internet governance, plus an analysis of what was happening.

Pakistan School on Internet Governance to be launched

Islamabad: Realising the significance of internet as a fundamental component of economic, social and political life, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, will launch Pakistan School on Internet Governance (pkSIG) with an inaugural four-day workshop from October 5-8, 2015 at the HEC Secretariat.