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GSystems on 10/22/2010 2:25:14 PM , Rating: 2 I was thinking the
same  Truly, pulling the plug (or otherwise disabling network
interfaces) would hinder an attack immediately (kind of like
when players disconnect their ethernet cables when they're
getting pounced on Madden NFL 11 lol)... '  I think the issue is
that if you allowed every attack to cause your network to go
down, you would probably hardly ever get anything of substance
completed. You could imagine that the government gets attacked
several hundred/thousand times per day. Would you want these
huge, complex systems to go down ten times per day? They don't
just boot back to the internet like a home router...
Furthermore, it's kind of like terrorism. If you allowed the
actions of another to change your fundamental behavior, the
person who has attacked you wins.  Lastly, there's a bit of
egoism in the whole bit. You don't want anyone saying or showing
that they're better than you, even if you h