Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2001-03-22
Top Bush aide says deterrence policy can avert an infowar.
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false reasoning
2001-03-23
Rich
Rich
Deterence only was successful because there were essentially 3 player (US, USSR, China) and we all had a whole lot to lose. Script kiddies don't have a people, an economy, or a military to answer to. What are they proposing? Retaliating by hacking a bunch of 15 year olds off the net? We all know how...
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On the other hand...
2001-03-26
quid
quid
With national glory (and the like) being such a key element in stabilizing a populace, an embarrassment like the governments most secure computers being exploited could pose some serious side effects. We already see script kiddies performing these sorts of behaviors on the Chinese. Look around on ...
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We will never be prepared
2001-03-28
Andrew
Andrew
IMHO, no way we'll ever be prepared for cyber attacks on goverment/sensitive resources. Technology changes too quickly, and by the time its ready to updgrade to a new system, most ppl, incl. govt. are not even finished securing the current system. We just don't spend enough money or have enough expe...
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Which nations are often sited as being the most hostile, the most beligerent towards the US?
---Third world countries
Who has relies least on digital information, thus making them almost impervious to the counterstrike that is the backbone...
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