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Re: cnn.com - Homeland Security seeks cyber counterattack system (Einstein 3.0)

  • From: Joel Jaeggli
  • Date: Sun Oct 05 12:46:45 2008 
Tony Patti wrote:
> I presume this CNN article falls within the "Internet operational and technical issues" (especially security) criteria of the NANOG AUP,
> in terms of "operat[ing] an Internet connected network",
> especially where Chertoff refers to " like an anti-aircraft weapon, shoot down an [Internet] attack before it hits its target".

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> The system "would literally, like an anti-aircraft weapon, shoot down an attack before it hits its target," he said. "And that's what we call Einstein 3.0."

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