The Ministry of Communications has developed a bill to control Internet traffic in Russia in order to protect the network from external threats, according to “Vedomosti”. The document was developed in response to President Vladimir Putin orders
Designed by the Ministry of Communications the draft amendments to the laws “On communication” and “On Information, Information Technologies and Protection of Information” will allow the public authorities to control the flow of Internet traffic in Russia, write ” Vedomosti “. The publication has examined the copy of the document and the fact of its existence, the newspaper confirmed the official “relevant agencies”, while the representative of the Ministry declined to comment.
As explained by publication sources, the bill is made for the execution of President Vladimir Putin’s order on the basis of the Council meeting security, held in the autumn of 2014. He talked about minimizing the risks for the Russian segment of the global network in the event of temporary disconnection from the outside world.
According to the text of the document, the government will monitor the routes Internet traffic on communications networks. The Ministry proposes to establish a system for monitoring the state “use of resources and global addressing global Internet identifiers (DNS and IP-addresses).” In the case of the adoption of the law registry RuNet addresses will be created.
As explained to the newspaper, an unnamed federal official, it is necessary to ensure that public authorities were able to understand how the Russian segment of the network, because now there is this understanding. According to him, due to the chaotic development of Runet very complex structure, and it prevents the authorities to protect him he external threats.
Interlocutor publication also explained that the traffic monitoring system will make it possible to identify the point of a network with poor connection at that it will not monitor the content of the transmitted information as it can be done by operators. Authors of the bill also offered to make foreign communication channels and traffic exchange points more controllable and require operators to use only the exchange point traffic, which are recorded in a special state register.
Security Council session dedicated to the protection of the Russian segment of the network from external threats , held on 1 October, 2014. President Vladimir Putin said at the time that “we do not intend to restrict access to the network, to put it under total control, ogosudarstvlyat Internet».
He also said that some states are trying to use its dominant position in the global information space for achieve not only economic, but also military and political objectives. During the meeting, Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov reported to the President on the results of the exercise, which took place in July, in order to verify the possibility of disconnection of Runet outside.
As the source of RBC while the results were secret teachings. He added that the parties concerned them differently treated: the government felt that there is a serious threat, and in the Kremlin and the secret services were convinced that “not all right” and the need to act
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