Re: Dancho on Georgian Internet attacks

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Tomas L. Byrnes wrote:
> It's not even close to the noise I get from the Arab world thanks to
> having had positions 1 and 2 for "Mohammed Cartoons" hosted on my net at
> the peak of the hysteria.
>
> Yawn, I feel sorry for the Georgians, but they seem to have SMB level
> netsec.
>
> What I want to know is, why isn't a mob of freedom loving Westerners and
> Israelis taking out al the websites and IRC channels of Jihadistan?
>
> Perhaps using the BGP redirect hack so we can get them in meatspace is
> more fun :-)!
>
> Nothing is as cool as a "door knock" that was called by a trace.

To fuel things further?

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org
> > [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Gadi Evron
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:48 AM
> > To: funsec () linuxbox org
> > Subject: [funsec] Dancho on Georgian Internet attacks
> >
> > Here's an interesting blog by Dancho Danchev.
> > http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1670
> >
> > While he gives some interesting information, he also jumps to
> > conclusions he really can't in every single paragraph.
> >
> > When defending the Israeli government's Internet, these types
> > of attacks would be routine. While the possibility of
> > state-sponsored action can't be completely ruled out it is
> > simply too premature to tell and although the web sites and
> > the impact on Georgian Internet visibility are both clear, as
> > Internet attacks go it is not yet out of the ordinary.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
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