> Barney Wolff wrote: > ... > But it would be quite foolish to underestimate the > capability of any large group, sufficiently motivated, to inflict > massive damage.
I agree. Never underestimate power of a fringe lunatic group to cause harm. Now, I am going to go out on a thin limb and ask the following: When Experts say, "don't dismiss cyberattack warning," what can somebody like me (just a regular user) or for that matter others with several degrees of better knowledge in the workings of cyber networks than I, do to stop cyber attacks from happening? -raj kulkarni ================================ > Most Muslims are not Arab, or living in caves. There are certainly > millions of Muslim computer users, by now. In fact, I'd bet there > are more than a million Muslim computer users in the US alone. > > Most Muslims, thank God, are not murderous fanatics or computer > abusers. But it would be quite foolish to underestimate the > capability of any large group, sufficiently motivated, to inflict > massive damage. > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:40:14PM -0600, Stephen Sprunk wrote: > > > > I'm not skeptical that millions of starving Arabs living in caves or being > > slaughtered by their dictators are going to find computers, connect to the > > Net (outlawed by their leaders), and attack us. > > -- > Barney Wolff http://www.databus.com/bwresume.pdf > I'm available by contract or FT, in the NYC metro area or via the 'Net.