On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Eric Murray wrote:
But the objective of this exercise is not computer science it is political science. All that's needed is something that sounds super-high-tech enough that (technically ignorant) members of Congress will buy into it and fund it. It doesn't have to actually work. This tactic has been successful for the military-industrial complex since before the end of WWII. They're just extending it in the new "information age".
What do you want to bet that we will soon be hearing about needing "first strike" InfoWar capability in order to be able to "fight on two fronts at once" for "mutually-assured cyber-destruction". The first US Army counter-virus will be called the "peacemaker". :-)
This is nothing new. Check out: http://www.feist.com/~tqdb/h/082195-1.txt and even older: http://www.feist.com/~tqdb/h/051490-1.txt ____________________________________________________ [ Bruce M. - bkmarsh@feist.com - Feist Systems, Inc. ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "We don't want to get our butts kicked by a bunch of long-haired 26-year-olds with earrings." -- General John Sheehan on their reasons for InfoWar involvement