The Air Force has grown tired of countless attacks on their computer networks from users that cannot be traced.  In an article by Wired they plan to “rewrite the laws of cyberspace”.

The United States is a country we would like to think is safe from any kind of cyberspace attack or attempt to gain knowledge over our defense strategys.  This obviously has been a problem recently or the talks of the Air Force trying to rewrite the laws.  Some of the rewrites being considered are: Making hostile traffic inoperable on their networks, locating and identifying once-anonymous users/hackers., and enabling Air AForce servers to evade or dodge electronic attacks.  One would think that our nations computing and Internet defense could already have cracked this down, considering the ill outcomes that this projects. 

The easy part is talking about all this and saying that they will “rewrite” and make critical upgrades to network security.  The harder part is finding a way to do this.  Are they going to rewrite protocols?  That could send the Internet into chaos and will undoubtly fail.  One possibility is writing new protocols for their systems only.  The public will of course be left out of all the details, as we serve a major threat to their sensitive documents as anyone else.  The fact is, there will always be someone wanting to rewrite laws to their advantage or their likes but there are still going to be hackers that WILL find a way into any system that is part of an accessible network.  The only solution is to constantly keep updating the network security and keep a much closer eye on anything that tries to gain access.  Easier said than done…