[LINK] war, real and virtual

[Adam Todd]

At 06:26 12/08/2008, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>It seems *patently* obvious that if we ever get into another scuffle,
>probably anywhere in the world these days, our IP networks will come
>under an immediate & sustained attack. I would bet that if our middle
>east involvement was to have commenced now, instead of several years
>ago, our significant IP systems would also be down right about now.

Well actually not true. A lot of IP battling went on at the start of 
Afghanistan and Iraq.

US Military Operations DoS'd networks in Afgahnistan and 
Iraq.  Plenty a log about people who traced IPs.  (Which is really 
silly cause i can mask my IP and my routes without batting an eye)

Then there were the e-mails that flooded Iraq users, including masses 
of SPAM to known Iraq Hotmail accounts telling them that the people 
will be safe and the Americans will save them blah blah

There was web site defacing going on and so much more.


You know eve in the first Gulf War by George Bush the First, Israel 
Bulletin Boards and Modem networks came attack from demon dialiers 
and other things.  I use to have a friend in Tel A Viv who ran a BBS 
and his lines would just flood with endless ringing calls that kept 
his modems occupied for hours.

This also happened in Turkey and a few other places in the region.

Mind you, my friend was in a chat session with me one night via an IP 
network (using Ytalk) when a Scud missile crashed through his roof, 
took out his computer, and missed him by inches.

Took him 2 weeks to make contact with me!