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Re: military strike possible?
From: "J Kallberg" <jk () cyberdefense com>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:12:16 -0500
Hard to motivate politically. Depend on the country that is target and where the attack originate from. But I don't see the viable attack. OK, you blow up a computer lab, and then what? Hard to target and know what you actually attack, is this the vehicle that the perpetrator uses? Targeted assignations of key members of a hostile cyber attack brain team I think is the reality, actual military strikes, no. We also don't know from where the brainwork originates, the strategist and funding comes from, even where they are, even if we can nail down from where on the physical map the attack comes from. Example, if China wanted to attack the US financial backbone the attack would not come from People's Rep of China. It could come from London or Sydney. Digital assets can be moved, copied, and the information how to bring things down are not tied to a single server park. I think you have to concentrate of reduce the brainpower on the other instead of the physical information processing. JK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com> To: <security-basics () securityfocus com> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 12:11 PM Subject: military strike possible? Going from the premptive strike philosophy demonstrated in Mideastern countries, what are your thoughts on a military strike against (as yet unseen) "cyberterrorists" a'la http://www.msnbc.com/news/985295.asp?0si=- if there were extranational agents tampering with identified components of the infrastructure to the extent that they were risking human life? -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum Systems PRESIDIO: PGP / XML GATEWAY APPLIANCE The Presidio integrates PGP data encryption and XML Web Services security to simplify the management and deployment of PGP and reduce overall PGP costs by up to 80%. FREE WHITEPAPER & 30 Day Trial - http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/ForumSystems_security-basics_031027 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Forum Systems PRESIDIO: PGP / XML GATEWAY APPLIANCE The Presidio integrates PGP data encryption and XML Web Services security to simplify the management and deployment of PGP and reduce overall PGP costs by up to 80%. FREE WHITEPAPER & 30 Day Trial - http://www.securityfocus.com/sponsor/ForumSystems_security-basics_031027 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Current thread:
- military strike possible? Meritt James (Oct 28)
- Re: military strike possible? J Kallberg (Oct 29)
- RE: military strike possible? matt willson (Oct 29)
- Re: military strike possible? Meritt James (Oct 30)
- Re: military strike possible? gregh (Oct 29)
- Re: military strike possible? Barry Fitzgerald (Oct 30)
- Re: military strike possible? Bruno G. San Alejo (Oct 30)
- RE: military strike possible? David Gillett (Oct 30)
- Re: military strike possible? Marcos E. Rodriguez (Oct 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: military strike possible? Dave Killion (Oct 29)
- Re: military strike possible? Meritt James (Oct 30)
- Re: military strike possible? SMiller (Oct 29)
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