Subject: Editorial, General Tech | June 20, 2011 - 03:24 AM |
Tim Verry Tagged: simulator, networking, Internet, cyber warfare
Our world is the host to numerous physical acts of aggression
every day, and until a few years ago those acts have remained in
the (relatively) easily comprehensible physical world. However,
the millions of connected servers and clients that overlay the
numerous nations around the world have rapidly become host to
what is known as “cyber warfare,” which amounts to subversion
and attacks against another people or nation through electronic
means-- by attacking its people or its electronic and Internet-
based infrastructure. While physical acts of aggression are
easier to examine (and gather evidence) and attribute to the
responsible parties, attacks on the Internet are generally the
exact opposite. Thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, it is
much more difficult to determine the originator of the attack.
Further, the ethical debate of whether physical actions in the
form of military ac