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Beyond Firewalls — Internet Militarization

Posted by timothy on from the warm-up-the-euphemism-bandier dept.

angry tapir writes "One of the discussions at the Source Boston Security Showcase has been the militarization of the Internet. Governments looking to silence critics and stymie opposition have added DDOS attacks to their censoring methods, according to Jose Nazario, senior security researcher at Arbor Networks, with international political situations spawning DDOS attacks."

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  1. How dare the military invade our internet by Flibberdy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not like they started it or... Oh wait... D'oh

  2. I guess I'm safe by kcbanner · · Score: 4, Funny

    I put my computer in the demilitarized zone.

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  3. Re:Militarization? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have you ever had your server vaporised by slashdot paramilitary forces?

  4. poor man's slashdotting by metageek · · Score: 3, Funny

    DDOS attack is the poor man's slashdotting

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