home bbs files messages ]

Forums before death by AOL, social media and spammers... "We can't have nice things"

   alt.2600.hackers      Pretty sure it ain't about the Atari...      12,449 messages   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]

   Message 10,985 of 12,449   
   JM to Mystikal   
   Re: How would you destroy the Internet?   
   02 Dec 06 16:46:47   
   
   XPost: alt.hackers.malicious, alt.2600   
   From: eat.me@my.shorts.org   
      
   On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:57:54 -0800, Mystikal wrote:   
      
   >   
   > JM wrote:   
   >> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:45:54 +0200, boo wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > Mystikal wrote:   
   >> >> Hey dogz. Jus wondering how u guyz would take the whole thang down.   
   >> >> What parts are most vulnerable? How would a terrorist do it? How   
   >> >> would a determined antiindustrial dude like the Unabomber do it   
   >> >> today? Worm? What? Looking for real ideaz here! Thanx.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Mystikal   
   >> >>   
   >> > ........................BGP........................   
   >>   
   >> But that would only affect about .001% of the nodes to the core routers,   
   >> you would fail to bring all of them along with their associated sonnet   
   >> rings down. An EMP burst covering the entire area would be the most   
   >> effective way and even that would not totally shut down all traffic.   
   >> Then you get to start running. ;p   
   >>   
   >>   
   > EMP was my first consideration. However, you'd have to place them all over   
   > the freakin' country! All the major cities, anyway. I'll leave that to the   
   > radical islamists.   
      
   Which may reduce its capacity to 30%, never truly dropping it.  ;p   
      
   --   
      
   "Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a   
   member of Congress.. But I repeat myself."   
                 --Mark Twain   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

[   << oldest   |   < older   |   list   |   newer >   |   newest >>   ]


(c) 1994,  bbs@darkrealms.ca