On Tue, 7 Oct 2008, Miller Grey wrote:
> What? I think I missed something here.
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Bruce Ediger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> Hint 2: If botnets in home computers were so easy to shut down, why are
>>> there so many m
What? I think I missed something here.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 1:53 PM, Bruce Ediger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hint 2: If botnets in home computers were so easy to shut down, why are
> > there so many miscreants still using them for nefarious
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hint 2: If botnets in home computers were so easy to shut down, why are
> there so many miscreants still using them for nefarious purposes?
Easy. For the same reason that the NSA used to have (circa 1985) big, 3-ring
binders full of 0-days for VMS,
The us government can't ever get their act together. It's just a waste of
time
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Buhrmaster, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
> > Which is easier to shut down, an attack coming from a relatively small
> > number of /16s that belong to the government, or one coming fr
> Which is easier to shut down, an attack coming from a relatively small
> number of /16s that belong to the government, or one coming from the
> same number of source nodes scattered *all* over Comcast and Verizon
> and BT and a few other major providers?
>
> Hint 1: Consider the number of entr
On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:30:11 BST, n3td3v said:
> You guys are living in cloud cuckoo land. The rogue government
> wouldn't have their bot nets in home computers that you could shut
> down easily.
Which is easier to shut down, an attack coming from a relatively small
number of /16s that belong to
Yes, they put these bizarre ideas out there to see what public opinion
is, they don't have a chance in hell of implementing it.
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:46 PM, James Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They generally don't have any clue what they want. This is only a PR stunt
>
> On Sun, Oct 5,
They generally don't have any clue what they want. This is only a PR stunt
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 10:30 AM, n3td3v <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bad idea,
>
> The rogue government would use hospitals and power stations, to "cyber
> human shield" against the counter attack.
>
> You guys are living
Bad idea,
The rogue government would use hospitals and power stations, to "cyber
human shield" against the counter attack.
You guys are living in cloud cuckoo land. The rogue government
wouldn't have their bot nets in home computers that you could shut
down easily.
Read my rant about it all with