This entire thread in the media is playing out exactly as I would predict. CNN is putting this story as its lead headline, but in any other context a DDOS attack on gaming networks would be a forgettable article buried a couple headlines below some others. This story is so exciting for news networks because "hacking" is on people's minds, especially after The Interview -- and xbox and sony, two companies distributing it, are hacked? CNN loves that. Pageviews!
(Hey, wasn't there another story today? About the NSA? Employees arbitrarily querying data of their neighbors? Hmmm...)
It's frustrating to watch the story develop and feel powerless, despite knowing this is going to end in legislation restricting freedom on Internet usage. I find comfort in the fact that the fundamentals of network theory will resist such an attack. In the words of John Gilmore [0], "the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Any to pass anti-Internet legislation will be an exercise in futility.
(Hey, wasn't there another story today? About the NSA? Employees arbitrarily querying data of their neighbors? Hmmm...)
It's frustrating to watch the story develop and feel powerless, despite knowing this is going to end in legislation restricting freedom on Internet usage. I find comfort in the fact that the fundamentals of network theory will resist such an attack. In the words of John Gilmore [0], "the Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it." Any to pass anti-Internet legislation will be an exercise in futility.
[0] http://www.toad.com/