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

Posted by timothy on Wednesday November 5, 2003 @03:35AM from the smaller-scale dept.

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."

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Routers by bwindle2 · 2003-11-05 04:18 · Score: 0, Redundant

What about routers, switches, etc? If it is doing to be the Internet, two switches connected via a crossover cable won't cut it. I bet they need LOTS of routers, running BGP/etc, to simulate things like DDoSes (and their detection and tracing).