Beyond Firewalls — Internet Militarization 83
angry tapir writes "One of the discussions at the Source Boston Security Showcase has been the militarization of the Internet. Governments looking to silence critics and stymie opposition have added DDOS attacks to their censoring methods, according to Jose Nazario, senior security researcher at Arbor Networks, with international political situations spawning DDOS attacks."
What makes DDOS hard to stop? (Score:2, Interesting)
Or is the problem more in the "distributed" part than the "denial of service" part? Can a network engineer enlighten me?
Re:Militarization? (Score:4, Interesting)
War against anybody not supporting our government (Score:2, Interesting)
I've heard recently that the police forces across all states are given documents suggesting anyone who mentions the US Constitution and espouses their rights (for example, warrantless checkpoints) are being classified as terrorists against the government. It has also mentioned the shutting down of the current internet in favour of Internet II which would be more controlled (for example, anti-government sites would not be allowed...freedom of speech anyone?). See the following for more: the Alex Jones Channel on YouTube (or infowars.com, a recent show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1Eizli66bU [youtube.com]), http://www.freedomtofascism.com/ [freedomtofascism.com], and for the Canadians out there... Bill Abram on the 'Crime of the Canadian Banking System' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Zl1Wax8MI [youtube.com]
enjoy...and spread this stuff around :)
Re:Militarization? (Score:2, Interesting)
"Should never be" and "never is" are two different things.
And what constitutes "life critical" is fuzzy. Is Google Maps "life critical"? Do you remember the family that got lost [elliottback.com] and the father froze to death? (It's not clear that the map in this case came from Google Maps, but it show the possibility.)
Is your word processor "life criticial"? Michael Richard was executed after his lawyers were unable to file paperwork by a deadline due to computer problems [ncl.ac.uk], under circumstances that would likely have at least postponed his murder by the state.
Is your local park service's database "life critical"? It becomes so when a dead tree that was supposed to be removed falls and kills somebody [ncl.ac.uk].
(By the way, if you're a computer professional and you're not reading the RISKS digest, you oughta be.)
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