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Re: [Operational] Internet Police

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lamar Owen)
Fri Dec 10 11:08:34 2010

Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:08:00 -0500
From: Lamar Owen <lowen@pari.edu>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <39CC48EA-9C95-4666-B1CA-15B3F9E19E1A@arbor.net>
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On Thursday, December 09, 2010 01:26:30 pm Dobbins, Roland wrote: 
> On Dec 10, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Michael Smith wrote:
> > "front lines of this "cyberwar"?
> Warfare isn't the correct metaphor.

> Espionage/covert action is the correct metaphor.

In reality DoS threats/execution of those threats/ 'pwning' / website vandalism are all forms of terrorism.  An easily pronounceable version with a 'net-' 'e-' or even 'cyber-' prefix..... is difficult.  


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