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Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-they-can dept.

meridiangod writes "The Air Force is fed up with a seemingly endless barrage of attacks on its computer networks from stealthy adversaries whose motives and even locations are unclear. So now the service is looking to restore its advantage on the virtual battlefield by doing nothing less than the rewriting the 'laws of cyberspace.'" I'm sure that'll work out really well for them.

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  1. Call Al Gore! by bigpaperbag · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He must have thought up a replacement by now.

  2. one rule cannot change by qw0ntum · · Score: 1, Redundant

    and that rule is rule 34.

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  3. It's about time! by Locke2005 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    So, they are finally going to mandate use of the "evil bit" as described in RFC 3514 on April 1, 2003?

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  4. Re:Disconnect by ScrewMaster · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And the guy in my story was a spy. And I'm not going to elaborate on what made the van different, as I said in my post.

    Well, that does tell me he wasn't a very good spy. Either that, or he was a decoy.

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