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Evolving the Core: Deployment Challenges and the Internet

Scott Marcus, FCC
Presentation Date: October 19, 2004, 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Room: Grand Ballroom

Abstract:
In a post 9/11 world, there is great interest in enhancing the ability of telecommunications networks and other critical infrastructures to withstand terrorist attacks. Wherever possible, there is a strong desire to use market mechanisms to drive necessary changes.

Might there be instances where market forces would not motivate necessary change, or might not drive it quickly enough? Is there a role for government in such cases, and if so how might government best intervene, with as little burden or market distortion as possible? What risks might be associated with trigger-happy or ill-advised interventions? Do those risks exceed the risks that might be associated with a failure to intervene when legitimately needed?

Two recent government studies bear on this issue. One is a report from the NIAC, a presidential advisory committee: "Best Practices for Government to Enhance the Security of National Critical Infrastructures". Another is a report by the NTIA (a unit of the Department of Commerce) on IPv6.

Scott Marcus Biography:
Scott Marcus is Senior Advisor for Internet Technology for the FCC. He is a member of the FCC's Homeland Security Policy Council, and a participant in the NIAC Working Group "Hardening the Internet". He is also the author of "Evolving Core Capabilities of the Internet", a paper that deals with many of the themes covered in this talk and which will appear shortly in the Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law.

Scott is a former BBNer -- prior to joining the FCC in 2001, he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at GTE Internetworking (Genuity). He also served as a trustee of ARIN from 2000 to 2002.

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