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Inside Symantec's 'Security Center'
dipfan writes "There's a fascinating view looking at Symantec's Virginia security centre, where the company defends its corporate clients' networks against those wicked hackers. Scary quote from the Washington Post article: 'The Alexandria facility is a private, miniature version of the kind of public Internet-monitoring capability the Bush administration wants the federal government to develop to protect the nation's electronic infrastructure.'"
Every five minutes or so, a giant, illuminated globe appears on the central screen and starts to rotate, displaying the locations worldwide where hackers are launching the most attacks.
Yep.. most of it is new york, and most of the hits they are aiming for are that giant flashing thing on the rotating illuminated globe labeled "The Gibson".
Then all the Symantec people skateboard around listening to Orbital.
maeryk
Feminine Protection? What is that? A chartreuse flame thrower?
Bush administration wants the federal government to develop to protect the nation's electronic infrastructure
It would be a tragedy should the terrorists win, destroy all the porn sites on the Internet. They think the US was pissed off with 9-11? Wait until we have no porn... They won't have a chance!
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Sitting in a raised, rotating cubicle with built-in computer monitors and its own heat and light controls, Smishko pores over logs
I'm astounded. I want a rotating cubicle. With a big knob marked 'angular velocity'. In radians per second.
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
22:30 Universal Time, Symantec Security Central, Alexandria, Virginia...
.gr.ts!.!" can be seen..
Techie 1: "We're seeing massive traffic going into Washington.. it looks like an attack is happening."
Techie 2: "Uh oh.. prepare anti-ddos measures. Where is it coming from?"
Techie 1: "All over the world.. hmm, wait.. oh my god, most of it is coming from the US itself!!This is bad.. I'm tapping into their communication.."
Techie 2: "What can you see?"
Techie 1: "I can see some words, but they're not complete.."
The screen blinks, the words "f.rs..p.st! Ea..ho.
What time is it/will be over there? Check with my iPhone app!
Now, on the first few seconds you see the top manager entering his pin number while being filmed! How userfriendly is that to hackers? ;)
All the blackhats will voluntairly label their packets as blackhat attacks so firewalls can drop them.