Re: Mutually Assured DDoS

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm () igtc com>]

On May 1, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote:

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> On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Paul M. Moriarty <pmm () igtc com> wrote:
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> > Do you mean that you might want to have some sort of cyber  
> > countermeasure
> > to a cyber attack?  Where did I hear that recently?
>
> Another great snippet:
>
> "When You Put The Military In Charge of 'Cyberdefense', Don't Be  
> Surprised
> They Want To Go On The Offensive"
> http://techdirt.com/articles/20090430/1228154706.shtml
>
> Especially:
>
> "If these are the sorts of strategies that the military sees for
> cybersecurity -- which the officer has called "carpet bombing in
> cyberspace" -- perhaps we'd be better off with somebody else heading  
> up the
> efforts."
>
> - - ferg
>
> -

First, Col Williamson is a Staff Judge Advocate, commonly known as a  
JAG officer, not the head of some c yber force.

I am struggling to think of a weapon that is only defensive.    Right  
after the shield was invented some guy beat another guy to death with  
it, I'm sure.

Wasn't it von Clausewitz that wrote that the best defense is a good  
offense?

- Paul -



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