http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2009/03/13/current-event-kremlin-loyalist-admits-to-launching-ddos-attack-on-estonia/ Mon, 25 May 2009 11:35:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/2009/03/13/current-event-kremlin-loyalist-admits-to-launching-ddos-attack-on-estonia/comment-page-1/#comment-8166 Matt Fri, 13 Mar 2009 23:38:49 +0000 http://cubist.cs.washington.edu/Security/?p=1160#comment-8166 like GI Joe says, knowing is half the battle. Any DDoS attack launched 'in the wild' (by which I mean outside of a lab environment and not for the purposes of research) will not only provide valuable intel on the extent of the attack, but will also raise awareness of security personnel, both civilian and military. Ability to respond to internet based attack is largely unknown to the public in the US, and I fear that, like most major issues here, we won't become fully aware of it until a catastrophe occurs. We can only hope that there are enough forward thinking individuals in place with plans to respond to such an event like GI Joe says, knowing is half the battle. Any DDoS attack launched ‘in the wild’ (by which I mean outside of a lab environment and not for the purposes of research) will not only provide valuable intel on the extent of the attack, but will also raise awareness of security personnel, both civilian and military.
Ability to respond to internet based attack is largely unknown to the public in the US, and I fear that, like most major issues here, we won’t become fully aware of it until a catastrophe occurs. We can only hope that there are enough forward thinking individuals in place with plans to respond to such an event

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