As interesting as it would be, I don't see this going far. [Yup, I realize that I just wrote my own epitaph.]
Anonymous' stated goal is to destroy the CoS. A few DoS attacks may destroy the CoS's Internet presence, but we are not yet at the point where meatspace is so insignificant. The CoS members will not just evaporate once their web site goes down and unwanted pizzas are delivered to them at 3 AM. The timescale of this operation needs to be measured in years, and Anonymous doesn't have it.
When I was half the age I am now, I fought in this war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penet_remailer contains some context of those heady days. Julf buckled when the lawyers, guns and money appeared on his doorstep, and he is a much better man than these Anonymous kids.
The CoS is committed, has large resources, and is fighting for its life. Anonymous is fighting for glory. As soon as things go bad its members will cut and run.
Again, drawing from my youth, we thought we were untouchable in our basements [I was actually in an attic...] with our modems. Then Phiber Optik was sent to jail. Real jail. Suddenly it didn't seem as much fun any more. I can't imagine that one of the Anonymous folks won't meet up with some jackboots, especially once they start on some of the RL pranks that they plan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phiber_Optik
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Date: 2008-01-27 01:00 am (UTC)Anonymous' stated goal is to destroy the CoS. A few DoS attacks may destroy the CoS's Internet presence, but we are not yet at the point where meatspace is so insignificant. The CoS members will not just evaporate once their web site goes down and unwanted pizzas are delivered to them at 3 AM. The timescale of this operation needs to be measured in years, and Anonymous doesn't have it.
When I was half the age I am now, I fought in this war. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penet_remailer contains some context of those heady days. Julf buckled when the lawyers, guns and money appeared on his doorstep, and he is a much better man than these Anonymous kids.
The CoS is committed, has large resources, and is fighting for its life. Anonymous is fighting for glory. As soon as things go bad its members will cut and run.
Again, drawing from my youth, we thought we were untouchable in our basements [I was actually in an attic...] with our modems. Then Phiber Optik was sent to jail. Real jail. Suddenly it didn't seem as much fun any more. I can't imagine that one of the Anonymous folks won't meet up with some jackboots, especially once they start on some of the RL pranks that they plan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phiber_Optik