<http://www.terrorismcentral.com/Newsletters/CurrentNewsletter.html> from the TerrorismCentral Newsletter -- For the week ending January 25, 2004 -- 8....
Outsourcing Helps World Economy, Say Experts at Conference By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 8:21 p.m. ET BOMBAY, India (AP) -- Outsourcing information...
Hey all, I was linking into the 9-11 commission (note how I typed it). The link from an MSN search came up with 'screen shots' with the links hidden (Ie:...
Geostrategy-Direct Week of February 10, 2004 BACKGROUNDER: Compiled by Bill Gertz Internet worm traced to Russia The Internet e-mail worm known as Mydoom has...
... Good catch. Wonder how they do that ... If you could gather (cooperatively or otherwise) a wide range of "earliest infection" time/place stats, you might...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 9, 2004 7:14 pm
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Excellent observation, Tony. I was wondering the same thing. Despite the fact that computer viruses seem to behave like its biological namesake, the...
... An excellent point, of course. But let's also acknowledge another big issue. The Internet reeks of computers set to incorrect times, incorrect time...
... At least, it would be wise to have all "critical services" either off-web ("Internet"), or on an independent network with new and strongly authenticated...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 10, 2004 8:25 pm
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Given its global reach and divided ownership/use/operation/etc, urging Congress to "dismantle" the Internet goes beyond the absurd. The Internet is not a...
... I've said it before and I'll say it again. If America's critical infrastructures are so fragile that a single HTTP request can push us to the brink of...
... Ok Rob, ya got me :) (Tone of voice is sometimes hard to discern in email ... :) ____tony____...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 11, 2004 2:39 am
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I find this a fascinating discussions at this point and I want to hear some more views. In addition, I want to keep it civil (hint toward certain of the...
... [snip] ... Let's assume for a moment that the US dismantles the US portion of the Internet for national security reasons (we can't force the rest of the...
Eli! - I haven't heard from you in years... ... ... Consider that the Internet may not just disappear - rather - it will be replaced by something else....
... For at least one perspective on some of those possible futures, I suggest reading "Code and other laws of Cyberspace" by Lawrence Lessig. I think that...
... Eli, I agree. It's evolution rather than replacement. If there is one aspect of the Internet/Cyberspace phenomenon that is (to a large degree)...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 14, 2004 1:05 am
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Per the message sent by Eli Dart: ... Except that the sources of power are very different now than they have been historically. The Internet has reshaped...
... A bit of hyperbole, but there is truth in it. I say, one MUST compare this "Internet" thing to biology. We (human) bodies are susceptible to virii. A...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 14, 2004 2:01 am
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Per the message sent by Tony Bartoletti: ... ... I strongly agree here, and power in this venue has more to do with the ability to create and sustain life that...
... I honestly agree. As a corollary, those who *fight* viruses could retake the power ... except they seem fixated on the symptoms rather than the problems. ...
An observation for comments from the group: Attackers have recently learned to rapidly translate a patch into an attack. First they take a snapshot of system...
C.I.A. Admits It Didn't Give Weapon Data to the U.N. By DOUGLAS JEHL and DAVID E. SANGER Published: February 21, 2004 ASHINGTON, Feb. 20 — The Central...
... I repeat myself when I say this is exactly why Congress must dismantle the Internet as a national security threat. :-| You're not the only one to make...
http://www.crime-research.org/news/19.02.2004/49 Al-Qaeda prepares new cyber attacks on national infrastructure of the USA. As is well known "Abu-Nafsa...
... In the future, patches will need to be virally distributed and installed. Authentication would be nice, too. In the shorter-term, some renegade do-gooders...
Tony Bartoletti
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Feb 23, 2004 7:31 pm
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... Bah. See below. ... User-addicts (see the antivirus industry's "Addictive Update Model" to understand the term) will blindly let antivirus software...
Rob, I have read your stuff with some interest, but find I have no context in which to place the thoughts. It is my perception that you deride and criticize...
... An accurate perception. ... Actually, I criticize the *media* in this case. But as you noted, it's because I didn't convey the full background of my...
This is from the INFOCON list, seemed on-topic. ____tony____ ... A Bio Approach to Network Security By Susan Kuchinskas HP (Quote, Chart) announced new...