Justice and Ethics

Abstract “Unauthorized network intrusions affect us all. Worse yet, certain classes of unauthorized network intrusions are a very serious matter; ones in which there are minimal defensive actions to prevent such attacks.” Denial-Of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDoS) attacks are the class of attack vectors this paper examines and demystifies. We will examine certain aspects (multi/polyaspectuality) of these class-attacks by investigating the following: • The online statement from Carnegie Mellon's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT/CC Timeline, May 2001). The interplay of three types of justice: Legal Justice (Jus Ad Rem), Social Justice (Jus Civile), and Natural-Moral Justice, or Ethics (Jus Naturalis), while asking the reasonable question, “Can these three types of justice co-exist?” The application of Lonergan's ethics, whose employment allows for the examination of the good, obligation, and value. • In doing so, we hope to arrive at some preliminary answers that will (1) serve as a concrete foundation that will verify the authenticity of positions and further develop those positions; and (2) serve to undermine and destroy weak positions, the ones which are in fact counterpositions and reverse them to concrete positions that are attentive, intelligent, reasonable, and responsible to the individual, the group that said person is a member of, and the society in which they are situated.