Cyber Defense Force

I had an idea awhile ago, inspired by the work of Anonymous and some articles i read about the amount of unused computer cycles in American homes which go used the majority of the time. The idea is to enlist Individual computer owners to make their machines available to participate in an emergency defense force in the event of cyber-attack.

Individual owners would download an application similar to the Berkeley Open Infrastructure Network Client or the Low Orbit Ion Cannon. The application would allow a central server to dispatch orders to enrolled machines, allowing a coordinated counter attack. At the most basic, attacking machines could themselves be DDOS'ed. More advanced applications could allow allow defenders to counter-compromise the attacking machines.

To Do:

• Determine an authentication scheme to ensure the "orders" sent to enrollees are dispatched from the authorized server and not a rogue server.
• Identify legal issues
• Determine counter-attack vectors