From:  cmeinel@t... 
            Date:  Mon Sep 17, 2001  8:18 am
            Subject:  How to Wage Cyberwar


                   

            Inside Happy Hacker

            Sept. 17, 2001
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            See the Happy Hacker web site at http://www.happyhacker.org. 
            Firewall 
            or web babysitter program blocks you? Try http://happyhacker.org. 
            Still doesn't work? Try entering 206.62.52.30 in the location window 

            of your web browser. Or, try "Lyraprox" from www.lyracom.com, it 
            defeats firewalls that block us.
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            As you may already know, "Fluffi Bunni" has called for hacker 
            vigilante action against, well, against whatever.

            NIPC (US National Infrastructure Protection Center) has "already 
            received reports of individuals encouraging vigilante hacking 
            activity. Those individuals who believe they are doing a service to 
            this nation by engaging in acts of vigilantism should know that they 

            are actually doing a disservice to the country," their advisory 
            stated.

            The Middle Eastern countries the Fluffi Bunni's of the world are 
            attacking are our allies in the struggle against Osama bin Laden.
            Only the government of Afghanistan supports him. We don't want to
            interfere with Afghanistan communications because we even have 
            allies 
            within that country.

            Us folks at Happy hacker wish to thank those hackers who have helped 

            quiet down over-eager volunteers. Responding to the attacks on
            America is an extremely delicate operation. If you want to play a
            role in defending us in time of cyberwar, here are some concrete
            steps you can take.

            First, President Bush will let you know if he needs hacker 
            vigilantes 
            to help. Right now he does NOT WANT VIGILANTE HELP. He probably 
            NEVER 
            will want vigilante help. The kind of baloney that went on with the 
            US/China hacker war of April-May 2001 was an unfortunate holdover
            from Clinton Administration policies. Any day now the Oct. 2001 
            issue 
            of Scientific American will be available on the newsstands with 
            Carolyn Meinel's analysis of this unfortunate fubar of foreign 
            policy.

            Here's how you can become a cyberwarrior in the US. (If you live 
            outside the US, your country may have similar opportunities for 
you.)

            1. Be sure to defend your own computers, especially against agents 
            of cyberwarfare, and report suspicious attacks. See 
            http://happyhacker.org/HHA/fightback.shtml for 
            keystroke-by-keystroke 
            details with screen shots of how to fight back when computer
            criminals or cyberterrorists strike. If you spot a suspected 
            cyberattack, you should report it to the Computer Emergency Response 

            Team for your country. Contact information for these teams is at 
            http://www.first.org/team-info/. Within the US, contact 
            http://www.cert.org.

            2. Get a college education. The military normally entrusts 
            operations 
            of the level of sensitivity posed by cyberwar only to commissioned 
            officers. To become a commissioned officer, instead of an enlisted 
            person, a college degree is crucial.

            3. To become an officer, a good opportunity for high school kids is
            to enroll in a high school ROTC (Reserve Officers' Training Corps) 
            program. Details on Air Force high school programs are at 
            http://www.afoats.af.mil/AFJROTC.htm, (334) 953-7513. If a high
            school program is not available, be sure to attend a college or 
            University with ROTC. Your BEST OPPORTUNITY is to get an appointment 

            to attend one of the Academies for the armed forces. 

            4. The best service to join for cyberwarfare is the US Air Force 
            http://www.af.mil/. All Air Force officer-training opportunities can 

            be viewed at http://www.afoats.af.mil/. The Air Force Academy 
            http://www.usafa.af.mil/ is located in Colorado Springs, CO, which 
            is 
            also headquarters for Space Command.

            5. The US Air Force Space Command 
            http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Air_Force_Space_Command.html is in 

            charge of waging cyberwar. All the US armed services have cyberwar 
            units, however they will coordinate through Space Command.

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            This is a list devoted to *legal* hacking! If anyone plans to use 
            any 
            information in this Digest or at our Web site to commit crime, go 
            away! We like to put computer criminals behind bars where they 
            belong!
            Unix editor Mike Miller unixeditor@t...; 
            Windows editor Greggory Peck wineditor@t... 
            Clown Princess: Carolyn Meinel cmeinel@t...
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            organization 
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