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Re: military strike possible?
From: "Marcos E. Rodriguez" <mrodrigu () agape-tech com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:15:42 -0500
Very interesting. Government agents are still barely even trained enough in information security to track down many of these virus and worm authors. It takes a lot of digging just to find someone, script-kiddies included, that launched a DoS attack against a famous site. We are collectively having a hard enough time keeping our own home connections and company infrastructures safe. It is very doubtful that a military strike against an actual digital entity could take place. Of course, assumptions are always made, anybody can push the button, so to speak. The only thing that's sure about the future is uncertainty. A military strike could be pitted against one lone cracker, a group of crackers, etc. Has anyone on the list ever played the game "Uplink" by Introversion Software (http://introversion.co.uk) ? In this game, two subquests deal with a massive virus/worm that's never been seen, it's mission: Destroy the Internet. Knowing that, and knowing the dangerously creative mind of man, who could say that it wouldn't be possible? I do believe that a massive Internet attack could very well take place any day. I doubt that military action would be taken against it. Who knows, maybe during the tribulation period, but I won't go there :o) Marcos --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- 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)
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