Re: Mutually Assured DDoS

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

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> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
> On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson
> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 12:51 AM
> To: Gadi Evron
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
> Subject: Re: [funsec] Mutually Assured DDoS
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> On Sat, May 2, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> No it doesn't, and that is exactly the point. ;-)
>
> - - ferg
[TLB:] The decrease in rate of large-scale conflict and overall death
rate due to warfare post the invention of nuclear weapons versus before
would indicate that deterrence, at least when it comes to state actors,
works very well. 

Admittedly, the 50 years before Hiroshima were the most exsanguinating
ever, but the period from 1640-1945 was one bloody mess, as compared to
1945 to present. Relative to world population, the total losses since
1945 are about one battle in the Napoleonic wars.

When dealing with those who seek power, the guarantee that there will be
nothing left to rule seems to work.



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> Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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