full-disclosure - Re: Fwd: cnn.com - Homeland Security seeks cyber counterattack system(Einstein 3.0)

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Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:31:25 -0700
From: "James Matthews" <nytrokiss@...il.com>
To: "Buhrmaster, Gary" <gtb@...c.stanford.edu>
Cc: n3td3v <n3td3v@...glegroups.com>, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk,
	nanog@...og.org, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Fwd: cnn.com - Homeland Security seeks cyber
	counterattack system(Einstein 3.0)

The us government can't ever get their act together. It's just a waste of
time

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Buhrmaster, Gary <gtb@...c.stanford.edu>wrote:

>
> > Which is easier to shut down, an attack coming from a relatively small
> > number of /16s that belong to the government, or one coming from the
> > same number of source nodes scattered *all* over Comcast and Verizon
> > and BT and a few other major providers?
> >
> > Hint 1: Consider the number of entry points into your network
> > for the two cases, especially if you are heavily peered with one or more
> > of the source ISPs.
>
> The Federal Government (through its "Trusted Internet
> Connection" initiative) is trying to limit the number
> of entry points into the US Government networks.
> (As I recall from 4000 interconnects to around 50,
> where both numbers have a high percentage of politics
> in the error bar.)
>
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