[54339] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Mon Dec 23 13:50:21 2002
To: batz <batsy@vapour.net>
Cc: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:26:16 EST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:49:36 -0500
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 13:26:16 EST, batz said:
> You will miss script kids that bounce all over their compromised
> machines around the world, but even if you collected all the information
> about those attacks, there is little value in tracking them down anyway.
> The interjurisdictional administrative hell makes it more cost
> effective to just lock down your network than to re-enact The Cuckoos
> Egg.
Unfortunately, this is (or should be) part of the threat model. What makes
you think that J Random Cyberterrorist is any stupider than the guys Stoll
was chasing?
--
Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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