Re: The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Mel Beckman
Miles, My point is that there is no reason to wrap this engineering problem in the mythology of AI. There are no new problems here. The only way automated threat detection & response combined with automatic resource allocation allocation will lead to a disaster is if an incompetent (sometimes c

Re: The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Ben Cannon wrote: To follow - Siri couldn’t figure out how to add an entry to my calendar today.  I am yet to be afraid. Although the google bot that placed a call to book a haircut was impressive. "Siri, book dinner with my wife, on our anniversary."  Be afraid, VERY afraid. :-) Miles M

Re: The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Mel Beckman wrote: Miles, You realize that “AI” as general artificial intelligence is science fiction, right? There is no general AI, and even ML is not actually learning in the sense that humans or animals learn. “Neural networks”, likewise, have nothing to do at all with the way biological

Re: The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Ben Cannon
To follow - Siri couldn’t figure out how to add an entry to my calendar today. I am yet to be afraid. Although the google bot that placed a call to book a haircut was impressive. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO b...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end enc

anyone from cisco.com DNS Team around?

2020-12-09 Thread Thomas Mieslinger
Hi, I have trouble to activate my Cisco NCS5xxx Devices. Turns out that tools.cisco.com. resolves to either 173.37.145.8 (this works) or 72.163.4.38 (which was decommissioned earlier this year). By running dig A tools.cisco.com @alln01-ucs-dcz03n-gslb1-snip.cisco.com four times I can reproduc

Re: The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Mel Beckman
Miles, You realize that “AI” as general artificial intelligence is science fiction, right? There is no general AI, and even ML is not actually learning in the sense that humans or animals learn. “Neural networks”, likewise, have nothing to do at all with the way biological neurons work in cogni

The Real AI Threat?

2020-12-09 Thread Miles Fidelman
Hi Folks, It occurs to me that network & systems admins are the the folks who really have to worry about AI threats. After watching yet another AI takes over the world show - you know, the same general theme, AI wipes out humans to preserve its existence - it occurred to me: Perhaps the real A

OARC 34 Workshop, February 4th & 5th, Registration and Call for Contributions now open

2020-12-09 Thread Jake Zack
OARC 34 will be an online meeting on February 4th & 5th starting at 16:00 UTC. The Programme Committee is seeking contributions from the community. All DNS-related subjects and suggestions for discussion topics are welcome. Based on the feedback from the previous workshop, the DNS-OARC audience

Submit a talk for NANOG 81 Virtual — Deadline is Mon, 12/14!

2020-12-09 Thread NANOG News
*Bring your research + ideas to life* *With a presentation at NANOG 81 Virtual, February 8-10, 2021* The NANOG Program Committee is accepting proposals for our 81st community-wide conference through Monday, December 14, and for all other future conferences on a rolling basis. We encourage anyone

Re: ROV++: Improved Deployable Defense against BGP Hijacking

2020-12-09 Thread Amir Herzberg
Lars, peace, and thanks for your comments. The reason that I didn't include the abstract is that this list , to my understanding, is mostly for operational issues and discussions btwl operators, and I didn't want to annoy subscribers by excessive text on an academic paper. For the same reason, I'

Re: ROV++: Improved Deployable Defense against BGP Hijacking

2020-12-09 Thread Lars Prehn
Hi Amir, Neither providing an abstract nor the high-level takeaways of your work is a rather blunt way to promote your paper. I have a bunch of comments and questions, but I'm only a student so take them with a grain of salt. Regarding ROV++ v1: Let's modify your example in Figure 2a slightly

ROV++: Improved Deployable Defense against BGP Hijacking

2020-12-09 Thread Amir Herzberg
Hi, the paper: ROV++: Improved Deployable Defense against BGP Hijacking will be presented in the NDSS'21 conference. The paper is available in: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346777643_ROV_Improved_Deployable_Defense_against_BGP_Hijacking Feedback, by discussion here or by d