Re: The Relative Importance of Web Development


"James J. Gavan" <jgavandeletethis@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes the Web is important - but nobody commented about Estonia ????

http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,,2082689,00.html

Do a google 'estonia-networks' for more info.

The impact can be frightening, and we should all be concerned. Worth
remembering what initially triggered this was the Estonians moving a WWII
Russian memorial. What would Putnin and friends have done if the Estonians
had shot russkies !

Jimmy

Didn't know about this (I don't read newspapers, they depress me :-)), but
it is not the first time this has happened. There was a major attack on
Israel a couple of years back.

Rather than being frightened by it, I find it interesting and the counter
measures are "challenging". (there have been some very innovative and
imaginative methods devised for countering DOS attacks.)

Counter measures have been constructed and implemented effectively in the
past, but it takes a day or so for the results to be apparent. Even in
Estonia they said that most companies and departments targeted were working
normally.

I think your final sentence is significant, Jimmy. The fact is that they
DIDN'T shoot people, on either side. I'd rather see computers "at war" than
humans.

The inconvenience of having an ATM not work for a couple of days pales into
insignificance besides the horror of having a friend or loved one shot...

Pete.


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