Adam Shostack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sat, May 19, 2007 at 05:01:03PM -0400, Perry E. Metzger wrote: > | > | "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > 1. Do you have any particular evidence that any significant > | > number of US .gov machines are bots? They may well be, just > | > I haven't heard this. > | > | I've heard nothing formal, but my strong understanding is a lot of US > | government machines, at least if we're talking workstations on > | non-classified nets, are in fact "0wn3d" at this point. This should > > http://blog.support-intelligence.com/2007/04/doa-week-14-2007.html > claims to measure bot activity. Now, it may be that US .gov hosts are > worth more, and so don't get used in random DOS attacks, but I think > this is some of the more interesting evidence out there.
I don't know what their methodology is, or what their numbers mean. Without more information on that, I have little reason to trust their claims. Perry --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
