Neo-Nazis expose the Internet’s big vulnerability: opinion

Internet LAN cables are pictured in this photo illustration taken in Sydney June 23, 2011. Australia cleared a key hurdle on Thursday in setting up a $38 billion high-speed broadband system after phone operator Telstra agreed to rent out its network for the nation's biggest infrastructure project in decades. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR2NZB1

An obscure Internet executive’s decision to shut down a neo-Nazi website has rightly sparked a debate about how to govern the global computer network. 

On a technical level, though, it also demonstrates how vulnerable this supposedly resilient mode of communication has become.