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

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. I haven't been with my girlfriend in over a month by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    But I'm practicing premature ejaculation by getting the first post!

  2. HOWTO by superdan2k · · Score: -1, Troll

    How to secure the Internet without breaking it: kick all Microsoft products off it.

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  3. great... by phillk6751 · · Score: -1, Troll

    so now we're teaching college students how to hack?


    ...first post :-p

  4. Re:Are they doing the FULL internet here? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's soooo funny! OMG, sir, how do you do it? HAHAHAHAHA!!! Pardon me whilst I larf myself into a brain hemmorage. MAUWAWAHAHAHA! Wow, what a witty /. poster you truly are.

    No. Really. You're so funny.

  5. In Soviet Russia by use_compress · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Internet models you