Comments on: What cyberwar is, and is not http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FreakCitySF http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1364358 FreakCitySF Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1364358 More info on grenade! More info on grenade!

]]> By: Smslån http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1364184 Smslån Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1364184 Cool stuff! Cool stuff!

]]> By: Conrad Constantine http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363835 Conrad Constantine Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363835 As someone deeply entrenched in the infosec world, I cannot upvote the above highly enough; 'cyberwar' is the last final gasp of the people that never understand the fundamentally transformative power of what the internet is for human society. That ubiquitous information has become the most apparent species-level event we've seen in some time; it is indeed that "we have too much to lose, and so much to gain". As someone deeply entrenched in the infosec world, I cannot upvote the above highly enough; ‘cyberwar’ is the last final gasp of the people that never understand the fundamentally transformative power of what the internet is for human society. That ubiquitous information has become the most apparent species-level event we’ve seen in some time; it is indeed that “we have too much to lose, and so much to gain”.

]]> By: Mark Neumayer http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363611 Mark Neumayer Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363611  Cool graphic!  Cool graphic!

]]> By: dweller_below http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363599 dweller_below Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363599 Cyberwar is an extremely bad idea. A cyberwar asset is not a desirable thing. Assets are internet vulnerabilities. Assets are people who have current experience in exploiting the internet vulnerabilities of our enemies. We should never stockpile '0-day' exploits. It is not in our interest to preserve internet vulnerability. We should not stockpile criminals who devote their time to destroying the internet. We have too much to lose, and nothing to gain by this pathway. The people who advocate cyberwar are people who fundamentally misunderstand the internet. They wish an internet that marches to their control. The internet is BETTER when it contains our enemies and opponents. Removing or suppressing them, destroys the value of the internet. The way to survive is to treat cyberwar attempts as any other criminal act. dweller_below Cyberwar is an extremely bad idea. A cyberwar asset is not a desirable thing. Assets are internet vulnerabilities. Assets are people who have current experience in exploiting the internet vulnerabilities of our enemies.

We should never stockpile ’0-day’ exploits. It is not in our interest to preserve internet vulnerability. We should not stockpile criminals who devote their time to destroying the internet. We have too much to lose, and nothing to gain by this pathway.

The people who advocate cyberwar are people who fundamentally misunderstand the internet. They wish an internet that marches to their control. The internet is BETTER when it contains our enemies and opponents. Removing or suppressing them, destroys the value of the internet.

The way to survive is to treat cyberwar attempts as any other criminal act.

dweller_below

]]> By: Datavist http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363530 Datavist Wed, 07 Mar 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363530 Man am I a sucker for neologisms and portmanteaus like 'bitskrieg' and 'cybotage'...  Man am I a sucker for neologisms and portmanteaus like ‘bitskrieg’ and ‘cybotage’… 

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363460 Paul Renault Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363460 Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, by Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/ and Bruce Scheier: Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake, by Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/02/yellowcake-and-cyberwar/

and Bruce Scheier:

]]> By: Kommkast http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363456 Kommkast Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363456 I'll agree, where the heck can I get one? I’ll agree, where the heck can I get one?

]]> By: Alan Olsen http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363392 Alan Olsen Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363392 "Bullshit makes the budgets grow and that's beautiful." - Principia Discordia DOD version “Bullshit makes the budgets grow and that’s beautiful.” – Principia Discordia DOD version

]]> By: Jaye Sunsurn http://boingboing.net/2012/03/07/what-cyberwar-is-and-is-not.html#comment-1363390 Jaye Sunsurn Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=147580#comment-1363390 Screw commenting on the article, where the hell can I get one of those grenades! Screw commenting on the article, where the hell can I get one of those grenades!

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