RE: military strike possible?

From: Dave Killion (Dkillion_at_netscreen.com)
Date: 10/29/03

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    To: "'Meritt James'" <meritt_james@bah.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:11:54 -0800

    At the time I learned about this, Russia was my only real concern. ;)

    Considering there are, what, seven countries with nukes, there's still
    plenty of countries left to hack^H^H^H^Hexplore.

    I'd actually be more worried about the Mob. Nothing like hacking Jimmy the
    Knife's computer late at night, and waking up the next morning with a
    severed horse's head next to you in bed....

    -Dave

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Meritt James [mailto:meritt_james@bah.com]
    > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:21 AM
    > To: Dave Killion
    > Cc: 'security-basics@securityfocus.com'
    > Subject: Re: military strike possible?
    >
    >
    > Interesting, and reasonable. Do other nations have a similar
    > assertion?
    >
    > Jim
    >
    > Dave Killion wrote:
    > >
    > > It's been the position of the Russian government for some
    > time now that
    > > attacks against its information infrastructure are
    > considered attacks with a
    > > Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). Therefore, they are
    > within their rights
    > > to retaliate with any WMD of Russia's choosing = i.e. Hack
    > Russia, Get
    > > Nuked.
    > >
    > > Dave Killion
    > > Senior Security Engineer
    > > Security Group, NetScreen Technologies, Inc.
    > >
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    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: Meritt James [mailto:meritt_james@bah.com]
    > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:11 AM
    > > > To: 'security-basics@securityfocus.com'
    > > > Subject: military strike possible?
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > Going from the premptive strike philosophy demonstrated
    > in Mideastern
    > > > countries, what are your thoughts on a military strike
    > against (as yet
    > > > unseen) "cyberterrorists" a'la
    > > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/985295.asp?0si=- if there were
    > extranational
    > > > agents tampering with identified components of the
    > infrastructure to
    > > > the extent that they were risking human life?
    > > >
    > > > --
    > > > James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA
    > > > Booz | Allen | Hamilton
    > > > phone: (410) 684-6566
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