Man, I LOVE sayin it. I say it all the time. Boss comes in talking about budget cuts, I just stand up shouting "CYBERWAR!!" and he backs out the doorway. Mission accomplished.
On Jul 9, 2009, at 11:56, foo...@foofus.net wrote: >> Why people call this so-called Korea DDoS a cyber war? Don't people >> know >> how the Internet works yet? > > The problem isn't that people fail to understand how the Internet > works > (they do fail at this, but that's not the problem). The problem is > how > exciting it is to use terms like "cyberwar." In the words of a > prominent > researcher: > > if [people shouting "cyberwar"] want to be taken seriously, they > need > to start releasing proof to the mailing lists and name specific > intelligence agency's who are conducting the Cyberwar. I don't think > there is a cyberwar, there will be intelligencers probing the > networks > for secrets, thats not a cyberwar. Cyberwar is something completely > different [...] Cyberwar *could* be real, *look at this*. Although > the truth is, we haven't seen a Cyberwar yet, it's still in the > imaginary dream book stage. > > Regardless of one's understanding of the Internet, getting to say > "cyberwar" > is just too tempting for lots of people to resist. > > --Foofus. > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
