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Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project

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Re: Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project

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Post by 1369ic »

johnny99 wrote: post #22

Where do they get the "2,000 unique visitors" bit from? And 100 downloads... are they referring to the 92 forks? I think Public Affairs does not get Github.

I've never talked with the ARL PAO folks about open source, but in general you're right. They have several writers who have to cover everything ARL does (that they can talk about). So they're like most civilian reporters: generalists who talk to experts to learn enough about an event or subject to write a report for an audience that knows less -- or nothing -- about the subject.

Full disclosure: I work in the PAO at RDECOM, of which ARL is a part.

Re: Army open-sources cyber defense code in new GitHub project

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Post by crimsonalucard »

if i were in the intelligence community i would introduce cyber defense code with some very obscure flaws. Not flaws in the code itself but flaws in the algorithm.

If the code happens to gain traction. I would would then use that flaw to my advantage.

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Post by fabulist »

cududa wrote: post #21
fabulist wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is the relevance?

"An information security specialist with the US Army, O'Connor introduces the hacker's programming language Python to new users, and describes some advanced features to those who already know it."

Oops, thanks. I skimmed and ctrl+f'd for "army", but I guess I still missed it somehow.

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Post by psykovsky »

tokenizerrr wrote: post #29
psykovsky wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

DMCA only works in the USA. I work for a Portuguese record label and we get ignored when we ask the local Youtube copycats to remove our copyrighted content. I even suspect they download the videos from Youtube to upload on their services. And I'm talking about sites owned by the biggest telecommunications providers.

Sure, DMCA is an American legal construct. At this point it'd be a good idea to get in touch with a lawyer and see with the appropriate course of action for your country is.

Didn't you read the part about the sites being owned by the biggest telecom companies? They sue people for €10 debts (or they used to while they were allowed) because they have an army of lawyers receiving paychecks, needing to work to justify those paychecks... At most, we, a small indie record label, would be a welcome distraction to those guys.
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