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Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet (fwd)


From: Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:49:36 -0500

On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:26:16 EST, batz said:

You will miss script kids that bounce all over their compromised 
machines around the world, but even if you collected all the information
about those attacks, there is little value in tracking them down anyway.
The interjurisdictional administrative hell makes it more cost 
effective to just lock down your network than to re-enact The Cuckoos 
Egg.

Unfortunately, this is (or should be) part of the threat model. What makes
you think that J Random Cyberterrorist is any stupider than the guys Stoll
was chasing?
-- 
                                Valdis Kletnieks
                                Computer Systems Senior Engineer
                                Virginia Tech

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