I'm not sure this sets a good precedent. Don't we have a law that the defence forces are not allowed to be used in domestic issues?
How do you propose to demarcate? There are no borders on the internet. On 2013/Aug/05, at 9:03 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > This is to propose the Australian Defence Force (ADF) raise an > Australian CyberWarfare Battalion (ACWB) of 300 personnel, to protect > Australia's national information infrastructure. All but a small cadre > would be reserve military personnel who have full time jobs as computer > security professionals. After very basic military training, personnel > would be issued with secure communications and return to their > workplace. Personnel would remain in touch with each other monitoring > computer security threats. In the event of a large scale attack, most of > the Battalion would stay in their workplaces to protect infrastructure, > while a small number would deploy to industry, government and military > centers to coordinate operations. > > More at: > http://blog.tomw.net.au/2013/08/australian-cyberwarfare-battalion.html > > > -- > Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 > The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ > PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au > Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards > Legislation > > Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, > Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Kim Holburn IT Network & Security Consultant T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
