Is a government allowed to shift off the (at least) three big Internet problems (freely flowing customer data, DNS flaws, cyber warfare) to the industry, because the private sector would be better positioned to solve these problems? Jerry Dixon, former director of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), says No, and the LA times summarizes this discussion.

I think that many politicians still don't have an idea about the importance of the Internet. For them it's something between broadcast and geek tool that has to be controlled to prevent the youth from the filth. But to recognize these three problems (among others) as a question of (inter-)national security doesn't come to their mind. But it's high time, and it's no technical problem any longer.