Re: Dancho on Georgian Internet attacks

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gadi Evron [mailto:ge () linuxbox org] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:23 PM
> To: Tomas L. Byrnes
> Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: RE: [funsec] Dancho on Georgian Internet attacks
>
> 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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