'“In other words,” The Register’s Lew Page notes, “any code you write, perhaps even any document you create, might one day be traceable back to you - just as your DNA could be if found at a crime scene, and just as it used to be possible to identify radio operators even on encrypted channels by the distinctive ‘fist’ with which they operated their Morse keys. Or something like that, anyway.'
This makes great copy but it doesn't sound like they've heard about, or bothered to take into consideration: JITs Automated code generation Optimizers Or a slipperier issue: Just because someone wrote the code doesn't mean they launched the attack. This idea has been hyped before without result. I don't expect that to change any time soon. -r On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 17:58, Larry Seltzer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure >>> who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created >>> the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the >>> 'cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA' that can identify even the >>> best-cloaked hackers. > >>> http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/01/pentagon-searches-for-digital-dna-to-identify-hackers/ > > How much luck can they actually have with this? > > Larry Seltzer > Contributing Editor, PC Magazine > [email protected] > http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
