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Air Force Wants to Use Every Computer They've Got to Build Massive Botnet for DDoS Attacks

China has been semi-famed for launching DDoS attacks and poking around the US's secure networks generally. One Air Force colonel's solution? Build a massive botnet to DDoS the Commie bastards (or anyone else) right back. Because we're on the Light side, our bigass botnet wouldn't infect new computers, but the plan would press millions of computers set for the scrap pile into DDoS duty, as well as every unclassified computer in the Air Force's possession (including civilian government machines). More »

7:30 AM on Wed May 14 2008
By matt buchanan
5,466 views, 40 comments

Latest by Uncle Remus: @Uncle Remus: Thats true, our gaming clan (dawgsclan.com) has had a dos happen to some of our members during a game against some lamo cheaters. lol. more »

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Air Force Buys 300 PlayStation 3 for Research

The Air Force has bought 300 PlayStation 3s for "research." Whether "research" means "let's play a massive Call of Duty 4 game" or "let's start building SkyNet with 300 PlayStation 3 nodes" or "let's create a giant black mecha with Blu-ray lasers" is yet to be seen. According to the Air Force, they need the cell processors for assessment:

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5:16 AM on Wed Mar 5 2008
By Jesus Diaz
20,922 views, 62 comments

Latest by n/a: The folks at Rome Research lab are a little smarter and work on projects a little bigger than, "hey lets see if this works for a flight simulator". I would say the AF is leveraging common technology not only more »

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No Hummer Jokes Here, Honest

The Hummer just isn t an obnoxiously big car driven by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Oh, no, it s a highly-capable combat machine when properly outfitted. Since the next generation of Hummers is still being worked on, the US Air Force has commissioned companies in California to outfit consumer-grade Hummers for military exercises. These limo-style Hummers will stand in for the real war machines during tests and exercises. Retrofitted with networking equipment, computers and radios (and air conditioners—it s hot in the desert!), the Hummers don the traditional camouflage paint. Odds are you probably won t be able to buy these babies at your friendly neighborhood Hummer dealership, though. More »

11:51 AM on Tue Dec 27 2005
By Gizloco
379 views, Comment