The Matrix meets Bladerunner

["George Parr" <george.pargh () googlemail com>]

Hey n3td3v,

I was just wondering what you think about this story on the Register?

"DARPA wants Matrix style virtual world for cybergeddon"

"The US military's famed scientific wingnut farm, DARPA*, has released full
details of its planned "National Cyber Range" - a mighty network which could
be configured to simulate the cyberspace battlefields of the future. This
would allow America's fighting nerds to train for the net conflicts of
tomorrow, mounting attacks on simulated enemies or defending against
devastating cyber strikes by the enemies of democracy.
...
The Cyber Range must also be populated with simulated human beings to play
the parts of users, sysadmins and so forth. DARPA refers to these software
sim-people as "replicants".   " [ ...continues... ]


http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/07/darpa_cyber_range_rfp/


G.

-- 
George Pargh - CISSP

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