The Russian government is planning to tightly control Internet traffic in the country. A parliamentary bill has been drafted by the Russian communications ministry, according to daily newspaper Vedomosti, which obtained official documents relating to the matter.
The ministry’s plan calls for creating a government system to monitor Internet traffic routes along communication channels. It would track DNS servers and the assignment of IP addresses.
Meanwhile, according to a report by Kommersant, the Kremlin is considering the creation of a state-operated certification authority, which would issue SSL certificates. The authorities are exploring the possibility of issuing their own certificates, as a means of securing the transmission of such information “in the event of a conflict with Russia’s enemies abroad.”
Last year’s events showed that the Russian Internet is vulnerable to external attacks, and this issue was discussed at the Security Council session in autumn 2014, after which President Putin ordered changes to current laws regulating the Internet, Russia Beyond The Headlines reports.
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