UCB, USC To Build (And Hack) A Model Internet

darksoulz writes "Associated Press stories from TheKansasCityChannel.com and TheChamplainChannel.com have an interesting report today. It appears that the U.S. Government has given a $5.5 million grant to the University of California, Berkley and the University of Southern California so that they can build a model of the internet, so they can hack it. They are trying to find better defenses against hacking, without breaking the real Internet. The first phase is scheduled to be completed by February."

Comments

Are they doing the FULL internet here?

[paroneayea]

I mean, will sixty percent of it be model porn?

I'll do it for 1 million

[the_skywise]

Why do you need 5 million for that? How many computers can it possibly take? 50? 100? Let's say 100. That's $100,000 (and that's generous these days) Let's say $200,000 to lease building space and power for 2 years (also generous) and let's pay 3 professors part time, plus 10 students work study wages (Figure $50,000 per professor and $20,000 per student...$350,000)

What do we got?
$100,000 parts
$200,000 space
$350,000 labor
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$650,000

What's the other ~5 million going for?

Oh wait... they must need Windows licenses and full copies of Outlook to properly test the hacks...

Re:I'll do it for 1 million

[dr_dank]

What's the other ~5 million going for?

Mountain Dew doesn't come cheaply, my friend....

Re:Is it dead already?

[nate1138]

My old roommate used to say that only two good things ever came from Berkeley:

• BSD
• LSD

Of course he went to Cal-Tech (Which I've always heard was a trade school for surfers ;-)