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Access contested : security, identity, and resistance in Asian cyberspace / edited by Ronald Deibert
. . . [et al.].
p. cm. — (Information revolution and global politics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-262-01678-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51680-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Cyberspace — Government policy — Asia. 2. Computer security — Asia. 3. Computers — Access
control — Asia. 4. Internet — Government policy — Asia. 5. Internet — Censorship — Asia. I. Deibert,
Ronald.
HM851.A253 2011
303.48 ′ 33095 — dc23
2011031273
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or
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and bound in the United States of America.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Access contested : security, identity, and resistance in Asian cyberspace / edited by Ronald Deibert
. . . [et al.].
p. cm. — (Information revolution and global politics)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-262-01678-0 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-262-51680-8 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Cyberspace — Government policy — Asia. 2. Computer security — Asia. 3. Computers — Access
control — Asia. 4. Internet — Government policy — Asia. 5. Internet — Censorship — Asia. I. Deibert,
Ronald.
HM851.A253 2011
303.48 ′ 33095 — dc23
2011031273
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1