[CS-FSLUG] Death of the Net, One More Time

[Ed Hurst]

I've never heard of Kai Tischen, and I honestly don't know enough to  
evaluate the writer's technology assertions. I tend to believe it's  
hyperbole, but not simply false. I'm not particularly interested in  
discussing the political points made, but I would like to know if what is  
suggested is technically plausible.

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Conficker, Cyber Emergency, and the Internet Kill Switch
by Kai Tischen
posted on Cryptome.org July 11, 2010

"Conficker's obfuscated code, stealthy peer-to-peer mechanisms, evasion of  
network filtering, and sophisticated updates are exemplary in the world of  
worms. If Conficker has any equal in its combination of technical  
inscrutability, pervasiveness, bulletproof networking, and steady  
innovation, it's another application called Skype. Like Conficker, Skype  
obscures its operation from debuggers and disassemblers, can't be  
effectively blocked on the network layer, stumps experts with its  
formidable peer-to-peer system, and is backed by a team dedicated to  
preserving these advantages. Skype works this way to gain specific  
commercial advantages. Conficker works similarly. But why does Conficker  
even exist?"

http://cryptome.org/0001/conficker-kill.htm

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Ed Hurst
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