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.gov/.mil threat ID


From: "AI mailer v .1 alpha" <tyme () dreams res cmu edu>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:30:55 -0500 (EST)

<lurker> <first time post>

I think the government and military may be the only organizations with the
resources to respond to potential threats, but they still do not know how
to effectively respond, or even to decide which events their threat
detection systems log should be responded to.  Apparently someone sent a
"small number of probes" to a .mil site spoofed from one of my computers'
addresses a few weeks ago, and they were quite paranoid about it.  If the
government can log but doesn't have the resources to decide what to do
with that potential threat information, what good would it do a company
with alot less resources?  Or is the military just inept at their
analysis?

Justin



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