[108481] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: cnn.com - Homeland Security seeks cyber counterattack system
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Church)
Mon Oct 6 08:24:36 2008
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 08:24:06 -0400
From: "Steve Church" <nanog@headcandy.org>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <33939.83.104.210.137.1223293144.squirrel@shiva.edisys.co.uk>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
I'm surprised that no one has made a Skynet reference yet, perhaps because
such a reference would be trite and predictable. I'm feeling trite and
predictable this morning, so allow me to be the first. Homeland Security is
planning to launch Skynet. I hope you guys have your nuclear bunkers
stocked with Ensure. We on this list might be all that's left after
Judgement Day.
> If it's going to "literally" shot down an attack like an AA weapon, are
> they planning on physically launching projectiles at compromised machines
> across the world and destroying them?
Bill, they're probably planning on physically launching explosive
projectiles at compromised users.
/me dons his tinfoil hat
Steve
