October 9, 1998

Panel Urges Research on Information-Network Security

The federal government should sponsor more research aimed at improving the reliability and security of information networks such as the Internet and even the telephone system, a National Research Council committee recommended last week.

"Today's systems are vulnerable to attack and failure, yet, increasingly, the nation depends on them to control critical infrastructures for our communications, finance, energy

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