The attacks on Estonia by Russians (or Russia?)

[ge () linuxbox org]

People have been wondering why I've been keeping quiet on this issue,
especially since I was right there helping out.

A lot of people had information to share and emotions to get out of the
way. Also, it was really not my place reply on this - with all the work
done by the Estonians, my contributions were secondary. Mr. Alexander
Harrowell discussed this with me off mailing lists, and our discussions
are public on his blog. Information from Bill Woodcock on NANOG was also
sound.

As to what actually happened over there, more information should become
available soon and I will send it here. I keep getting stuck when trying
to write the post-mortem and attack/defense analysis as I keep hitting a
stone wall I did not expect: strategy. Suggestions for the future is
also a part of that document, so I will speed it up with a more
down-to-Earth technical analysis (which is what I promised CERT-EE).

In the past I've been able to consider information warfare as a part of
a larger strategy, utilizing it as a weapon. I was able to think of
impact and tools, not to mention (mostly) disconnected attacks and
defenses.

I keep seeing strategy for the use IN information warfare battles as I
write this document on what happened in Estonia, and I believe I need
more time to explore this against my previous take on the issue, as well
as take a look at some classics such as Clausewitz, as posh as
it may sound.

Thanks,

        Gadi.
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