From: "Barry C. Collin" <isi@hooked.net>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 06:41:52 +0800
To: whgiii@amaranth.com
Subject: CyberTerrorism Thoughts
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Dear Mr. Geiger:

Thank you for your very well-thought-out presentation.  That is 
precisely the kind of material we need to see more of in this forum.  
It's tough to write, but it's worth it.

>From the feedback I've received, I should make this clear: regardless of 
criminality issues, I do not consider hacking in to a system to view 
things an act of terrorism (by classical or other definition).  My 
concern, by far, is the fragility I've found with systems connected to 
physical processes -- processes that affect the physical world.

Your segmentation of motivation and actions was excellent.  I look 
forward to your future commentary and postings.

Also, although it is sometimes difficult (myself no exception), I think 
you'd agree that this factual, non-flame approach gets far more work 
done.  Your response in that manner was appreciated.

Regards,
Barry C. Collin
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Institute for Security and Intelligence
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