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Re: U.S. Army kick-starts cyberwar machine
From: Kitetoa <kitetoa () kitetoa com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:53:56 +0100
Hello, Another question about this paper is: why would the military say something like "we are going to do something and set up a big plan with the private sector help so that the US may end up with a new type of weaponry for launching massive distributed denial-of-service attacks and computer viruses"... ? Doesn't that look weird? Think about that: setting up a huge DDoS weapon like the one that took down some famous dot.coms in february would be sooooo easy for any government... It would take something like... 2 days? With almost no expenses, as most of the stuff (apps) is available for free. They have the computing power, the bandwith, what so ever... Other question is: why would they start working on a "information-warfare strategy" as that kind of thing have been thought and rethought by very intelligent persons. Please someone tell the military to go and have a look at www.rand.org . That would save some $ expenses... :) All this looks like F.U.D to me... Best, K. -----Message d'origine----- De : Robert G. Ferrell <root () RGFSPARC CR USGS GOV> À : ISN () SECURITYFOCUS COM <ISN () SECURITYFOCUS COM> Date : mardi 28 novembre 2000 09:49 Objet : Re: [ISN] U.S. Army kick-starts cyberwar machine
(IDG) -- The U.S. military has a new mission: Be ready to launch a cyberattack against potential adversaries, some of whom are stockpiling cyberweapons. Such an attack would likely involve launching massive distributed denial-of-service assaults, unleashing crippling computer viruses or Trojans, and jamming the enemy's computer systems through electronic radio-frequency interference.
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Robert G. Ferrell, CISSP
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