Sowjetarschbajazzo writes "Air Force Col. Charles W. Williamson III believes that the United States martial should maintain its own botnet, both as a deterrent towards those who would attempt to DDoS restraint networks, and an offensive weapon to be used against the knowledge engineering of unfriendly nations, criminal groups, or terrorist organizations. "Some people would fear the probability of botnet attacks on innocent parties. If the botnet is used in a strictly offensive manner, civilian vcrs may be attacked, but only if the enemy compels us. The U.S. will perform the same target preparation as for traditional targets and respect the law of armed conflict as Defense force policy requires by analyzing necessity, proportionality and distinction among military, dual-use or civilian targets. But neither the law of armed conflict nor common sense would allow belligerents to hide behind the skirts of its civilians. If the enemy is using civilian camcorders in his country so as to cause us harm, then we may attack them." What does Slashdot think of this proposal?"

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