Difference between revisions of "Cyberspace domination"
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<tr><td>Rank</td><td>Country</td><td>Internet Hosts</td></tr> | <tr><td>Rank</td><td>Country</td><td>Internet Hosts</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>1</td><td>United States</td><td>115,311,958</td></tr> | <tr><td>1</td><td>United States</td><td>115,311,958</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>2</td><td>Japan</td><td>9,260, | <tr><td>2</td><td>Japan</td><td>9,260,117</td></tr> | ||
<tr><td>3</td><td>Netherlands</td><td>3,137,203</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>4</td><td>Canada</td><td>2,993,982</td></tr> | |||
<tr><td>5</td><td>United Kingdom</td><td>2,865,930</td></tr> | |||
</table> | </table> | ||
(Source: The World Fact Book, 2002)<br> | |||
Even though the most requested language on the web is English (31%), the Chinese follows with 16%, Spanish 9%, Japanese 7% and German and French 5%. | |||
If we however, see the current Internet usage by continent we will see that the Asian continent has the most internet users 37%, followed by Europe with 27% and 19% in the North America. We can infer from this that the balance of power can be changed in the cyberspace and smaller countries that are not as strong both economically or by size can be up to the same technological level and present formidable enemies in the cyberspace. | |||
Even though this is true, we can make an assumption that even though some advanced countries have already active military presence in the cyberspace, no one would actually turn to deliberately shutting down portions of the Internet in a case of cyberwar. The more probable scenario is that it will always be fought similarly to the cold war, by gathering intelligence and demonstrating technological superiority by managing to penetrate the opposing sides most valuable networks. | |||
However, cyberspace domination is a actually what would be a “victory” for some and defeat for another in the language of the “cold war” era. | |||
==Enablers:== | ==Enablers:== | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 18 May 2008
Description:
When the Internet rolled out in the early 1990 by the American scientists many professionals thought that it would just be another way of America to push its products and culture on the rest of the world. Today, 18 years after the initial appearance of the Internet America is still the most represented country on the web. The statistic below shows the top five countries by the number of registered hosts today.
| Rank | Country | Internet Hosts |
| 1 | United States | 115,311,958 |
| 2 | Japan | 9,260,117 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3,137,203 |
| 4 | Canada | 2,993,982 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 2,865,930 |
(Source: The World Fact Book, 2002)
Even though the most requested language on the web is English (31%), the Chinese follows with 16%, Spanish 9%, Japanese 7% and German and French 5%.
If we however, see the current Internet usage by continent we will see that the Asian continent has the most internet users 37%, followed by Europe with 27% and 19% in the North America. We can infer from this that the balance of power can be changed in the cyberspace and smaller countries that are not as strong both economically or by size can be up to the same technological level and present formidable enemies in the cyberspace.
Even though this is true, we can make an assumption that even though some advanced countries have already active military presence in the cyberspace, no one would actually turn to deliberately shutting down portions of the Internet in a case of cyberwar. The more probable scenario is that it will always be fought similarly to the cold war, by gathering intelligence and demonstrating technological superiority by managing to penetrate the opposing sides most valuable networks.
However, cyberspace domination is a actually what would be a “victory” for some and defeat for another in the language of the “cold war” era.