Information Security News: Re: U.S. Army kick-starts cyberwar machine

[Kitetoa <kitetoa () kitetoa com>]

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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