Re: A83: Re: Recent Internet Attacks
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Re: A83: Re: Recent Internet Attacks
THere's been topics even farther off on the list.
--- "Fam. Engelen" <engelen@hotpop.com> wrote:
>
> > I was just wondering? Seeing how Al Gore
> "invented"
> > the internet, then how come he can't tell us who
> did
> > the attacks on the wbe site?
>
> Forgive my stupidity, but I don't see how Al Gore
> 'invented' the internet (I
> thought Al Gore was a vice-president or so and not a
> programmer). I don't
> know what would be the difference between an attack
> to the 'wbe site' (what
> ever wbe may be) and any other attack. If an attack
> is done right (with ip
> spoofing, log tampering etcetera) it would be _very_
> hard to determine who
> did that attack. Fortunately, most 'destructive'
> attacks are done by people
> who
> know little about hacking the -right- way (I am not
> saying I do), so it
> might well
> be possible to find out where the attack did
> originate from.
>
> Still I don't see how Al Gore can tell us that, I
> suppose he isn't a
> computer
> security expert. Anyway why was this posted to this
> list? To me it seems
> _way_ off topic here.
>
> Arnout
> arnout.engelen@beer.com
>
>
>
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