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I think I have an idea for a possible honors thesis;

“Temporally Distributed Multi-Stage Attack Generation”

The title doesn’t quite explain the entire idea, In point of fact it makes it sound like I just wanna generate slow attacks. Slow attacks are detected easily enough with a large enough time window, though it does increase the signal to noise ratio. I want to distribute the stages of an attack over a large period of time and across a number of attack hosts and include bayesian fuzzing in an effort to increase the chance of branches being pruned from the decision tree. This of course doesn’t mean that an IDS won’t register the individual stages of the attack but it may reduce the chances that any alert aggregation and/or correlation software will fail to notice that the individual stages are part of a concentrated attack. I think It’s interesting though I doubt I will be allowed to do it in the academic setting. I would like to contend that it would be better to do this kind of research academically than it would to discover it in the wild; the reality is that I want to see if it works cause I like  mischief.

EDIT:

While an interesting idea on further reflection this would be little more than practical example of a known fact (if not a well known fact) that peer to peer networks are a perfect solution in terms of botnet control, combined with a known vulnerability in multi-stage attack detection. This makes the idea less interesting the more I think about it.

So I get a birthday card from my mom and inside is some money and a note in her scrawling hand saying

“buy something you want”

The implication being that I’m far to practical about what I do with monetary gifts. So I bought two years of hosting with http://www.hostingrails.com/ and a domain. I’ve migrated my blog from blogspot (or blogger or whatever it is now) And I fully intend to update more often (yeah right).

Just a quick update, the wheels are rolling, I am switching provinces yet again, manitoba has little to offer, hospitable but nobody I just click with. So I’ts off to NB I am applying to the university there, and if I get in I’m probably outta here in july. otherwise i dunno, maybe its time for another country. do schools reject straight A students? maybe. anyway off to buy a new backpack, mmmm, adjustable lumbar support….

iTunes: Teen Idols - Insanity Plea

Tapi

I had something incredibly profound to write about earlier but figured Id do it later and have since forgotten that particular thought. Lately Ive been assaulted with memories. comming on the way I imagine Laneys nodal mode does (Idoru). Its rather plesant though distracting. It’s all been rather vivid, like watching it again in hi def 1080p occasionaly its like being in that moment again reliving it again, nothing sustained just short clips.

Working as a server at Boston Pizza. Its alright, thought itd be great to get out of the kitchen, and it is, but occasionally I find myself wanting to be on the other side of the counter.

Winnipeg is nice, remind me of vic a little bit but with less variance in the overal topology and less water. Got myself mixed up with this girl (people groaning “Again?!”) she decided she liked me and tried to hook her claws in and I like her well enough and said why not, now I know why not though my purpose here is to give an update of where Im at not to complain.

Sarah is pregnant, gonna have a little sprat of her own, she seems happy about it though she hasnt called me back like she said she would. I suggested to Phil that if the daddy decides hes gonna be a jerk maybe he deserves a stern finger wagging. Nothing draconian like a shotgun weddin or a forced part in the childs life, but you know if he starts telling sarah she has to give it up or abort(though I think she might already be a bit to late for that) or start in on an ill advised rant about it being his life too etc. Phill nodded, at least thats what the text on the screen said. At anyrate I hope Alisa and Bob spoil the sprat right rotten, give him/her some character;)

anyway 5:30 comes early so im out.

Sans media

saw this, it was/is neat, check it out
http://timecapsule.yahoo.com/capsule.php

tapi

Got into my program out in winnipeg, leaving lethbridge on August 26. Should be good.
blah, thats all for now.

Movie: Hudson hawk

1030 MST

I get a call saying a spot has become available in such in such program at such in such school. Im half asleep, I’m asked if I would like the spot, I speak, stutter stop, compose myself. Lets try again, speak/stutter/stop. She says “hello?” inquiring as to whether or not im there. I manage to spit out yes. So come end of august I’m on my way out to winnipeg, no place to stay, no place to work, just some family I don’t know. Im going to enable the ad-sense banners to help generate income to pay for school, If you love me click ;)

Hope 5 VCD : Cult of the Dead Cow Hactivism Panel

//Tapi

Well nothing new to report really, taking french at Uleth and am just now considering going to Winnipeg to attend one of the technical colleges, If I did I’d prolly stay with family which makes saving for school easy. Other than that Ive got my bike back so ive been out enjoying the sun, went and saw mad caddies in calgary on the 10th, easily the best show I’ve been to in a long time and anyone who has the chance should check them out if able.

In other news Skype is offering their skype out service till the end of 2006 for free within Canada and the US, thats alot of free long distance. w00t.

EDIT: Skype me if you want, username Tapikz

Itunes: Sneaker Pimps - Spin Spin Sugar

the name is a not so subtle allusion to a girl from work whom Im smitten with but who’s moving to leduc. I guess theese things happen. Apartment under B & Sprockets place just opened up so I’m probably moving in there though Im growing to despise moving, it is cheaper and closer to work, Dan says It’ll save him money on gas cause then he can walk to work, I told him he could walk to work now and that he’s just lazy, he decided not to argue with my point. I do like my apartment but It’s kinda small for the price. start school next month, nothing big just a course or two at the U. Anyway that my update.

Itunes: Sublime - What I Got(Reprise)

Tapi

Okay! I’ll post, I’m not gonna blog about my journey across canada in january which by the way is a uniquely canadian experience. Largely because if I kepp thinking of what I want to say I wont say it. In short it was fun/irritating/cold/freezing/snowy/long/something I dont care to repeat. Lennoxville is gorgeous. At present I spend much of my time working and reading. Trying to get some writing done but I’m seriously out of practice. anyway thats it for now.

Itunes: Arctic Monkeys - From the Ritz to the Rubble

Tapi

just composing my next post, just got internet so posts should be relatively frequent. Lotso drama

Itunes - broken < in the process of fixing