U.S. military to build botnet?

U.S. military to build botnet?
Robert Lemos, 2008-05-12

U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-12
Rob Thompson

Are you kidding me?

Aren't these the same people that will come after us (if you are located in the US) for defending our own networks, by retaliation?

Way to set an example! You LEAD by example, not by saying one thing and then doing another...

Use those tax dollars to come up with a way ...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-13
Anonymous Coward (1 replies)

One question :-

Are they completely nuts?!

Squandering the strategic moral highground for debatable operational or tactical advantage is a not a winning move....

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Re: U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-13
db cooper (1 replies)

What if enemies of the US compromise this "defensive" botnet?...

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Re: Re: U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-14
Anonymous

Then it's Karma.

As a matter of fact, what if WE compromised the botnet and used it against them? Would we still be wrong?

I mean, don't two wrongs make a right?

I think that that's what the fine Government is getting at with their little idea...

Now, sarcasm is not exactly translated v...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-13
Anonymous

Calm down folks...this is an opinion piece. Read the bio at the bottom of the article again..."The views expressed here are the author?s own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Air Force or Defense Department." ...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-13
Anonymous

Can I help? :) Sounds like fun....

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-13
Anonymous

Best quote:

“Brute force attacks lack elegance.” Who cares? ...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-14
Anonymous (1 replies)

Col. talks about putting the machines .mil and .gov. Does this mean we could provoke those domains to shoot themselves in the foot. Make them react and slow down or worse DDOS their own network?

Interesting read though on the real article at http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2008/05/3375884. Why ...

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Re: U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-14
Robert Lemos

The news brief did link to the original article. See link in second paragraph.

-R...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-14
Anonymous (1 replies)

Why build one? They can just use one on a 'rent to pwn' system from some script kiddie. It would be much cheaper....

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Re: U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-14
Anonymous

Botnet as a service (BaaS). Good idea, it could be self-funded by being used to generate spam when not otherwise 'engaged'.

PS These Captchas ..ffs.. how long before I regularly fail a Turing Test? I AM HUMAN DAMN IT!...

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Carpet bombing 2008-05-15
Anonymous

Wasn't SE Asia the last place the US used carpet-bombing? It didn't turn out too well - what makes them think the cyber-analogue will be any more successful?...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-20
Anonymous (1 replies)

seems like a good idea to me. In fact, I would voulnteer to host one on my computer if it could be legally ensured it would not peer into my private life....

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Re: U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-25
Anonymous

Ha, at this rate I'm sure you'd be "legally ensured"; however, what the hell is that going to count for once they condone DDoSing countries?...

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U.S. military to build botnet? 2008-05-23
D1N

Who needs a botnet? The National Security Agency already has access to a good 60% of the most advanced super computers in the world. Or do they? Where are all these machines cracking cryptographic communications 24/7? Wait... I know they are to busy working on the crypto kids page! The idea of the U...

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