Re: Mutually Assured DDoS

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
> On Fri, 01 May 2009 20:42:10 EDT, Cory Smith said:
> > back is a simple answer, but we are a bunch of smart nerds who can come 
> > up with a better solution.  Why don't we open up the tables on here over 
> > the weekend to suggestions?
>
> Shh! The bad guys might be listening too. ;)
>
> Now what I'm wondering is whether the *rest* of the USAF cyber-command is
> actually as clueless as the quoted colonel, or if the colonel was spouting
> off nonsense preparing for a run for VP, or if the colonel is the resident
> Quaker cannon. ;)

Deterrence makes a lot of sense as a concept to handle situations where 
you can't influence the enemy otherwise. The Internet simply doesn't 
work that way technically, when applied on the macro-level.



-- 
Gadi Evron,
ge () linuxbox org.

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