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O'Reilly Revisits Online Countermeasures
An anonymous reader writes "I just saw that late last night an editor at O'Reilly published a blog that takes a look at 'countermeasures' and 'striking back' technologies a year after a startup in Austin, TX published a white paper on the subject that caused a lot of controversy. It also links to a blog by Symbiot founder William Hurley's entitled: Self Defending Networks, Aggressive Network Self-Defense, and Vigilantes on the net. which IMHO is a damn interesting read (even though I'm personally at odds with people who want to 'strike back')."
It worked for Silent Jay & Bob, and arguably the Empire...
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Man what a lame article. A little lacking in substance, I'd say. Why, I've got half a mind to email bomb the author!
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Is it wise to slashdot a site advocating "fighting back" web attacks?
I'm gonna wait an... [NO CARRIER]
You can't take the sky from me...
The Cisco self-defending networks I saw on the tv show 24 ? Right after Chloe said that CTU had a proprietory algorithm for cracking blowfish they show some Cisco graphics on a screen and they blow off DOS attacks like, "ohh, we're protected by these self defending cisco networks" or some crap like that. 24 = pentagon & corporate propaganda.
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It was a preemptive defensive network attack.
1) Identify 2 sites that implement "countermeasures,"
2) Start a small DoS attach against each one while spoofing the source address of the other.
3) Sit back and laugh your ass off as they both escalate and take each other out!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Is there anything that you can do back that isn't illegal itself? Kind of like being able to defend yourself from an attacker with a weapon of your own? (I know I'm being vague about the law, but just for the sake of argument).
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Post their URL to slashdot, and let them bask in unwanted fame.