Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
> New shield foiled Internet backbone attack
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> | ICANN has yet to determine the exact techniques used in the
> | February attack. The incident will be discussed at a meeting
> | of DNS root server operators later this month, the organization said.
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> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6166107.html
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> It has turned into a serious matter of national security and the US
> government is willing to even bomb (!!!) the sources of zombies attacks if
> needed (see below).
I see two problems with that.
1) ... The attacks are coming via proxy from zombies (victims), not
directly. Is the US going to drop napalm on Ma and Pop Joe's farm, just
because they have poor network security?
2) ... Assuming the NSA can finally trace the source (and I have no
reason to suspect they can't), are they going to actually send bombers
into Russia to Nuke some \/i@gra spammer in his flat in Moscow? Wouldn't
that, like, start WWIII?
Sounds like a typical Bush plan; all mouth and no brain.
--
K.
http://slated.org - Slated, Rated & Blogged
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| Layer' when they go through our landfill sites" - Sian Berry, the
| Green Party.
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