Wired: Pentagon Searches for 'Digital DNA' to Identify Hackers

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

> > One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure 
> > who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created 
> > the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the 
> > 'cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA' that can identify even the 
> > best-cloaked hackers. 

> > http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/pentagon-searches-for-digital-dna-to-identify-hackers/

How much luck can they actually have with this?

Larry Seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com 
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/


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