Cyber Perfidy / Chapter 29, Routledge Handbook of War and Ethics
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Authors
Rowe, Neil C.
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laws of war, cyberspace, perfidy, cyberattacks, cyberweapons, impersonation, product tampering,
operating systems, software
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2013
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
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Abstract
Perfidy is the impersonation of civilians during armed conflict. It is generally outlawed by the laws of
war such as the Geneva Conventions as its practice makes wars more dangerous for civilians. Cyber perfidy can be
defined as malicious software or hardware masquerading as ordinary civilian software or hardware. We argue that it
is also banned by the laws of war in cases where such cyber infrastructure is essential to normal civilian activity.
This includes tampering with critical parts of operating systems and security software. We discuss possible targets of
cyber perfidy, possible objections to the notion, and possible steps towards international agreements about it.
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Book Chapter
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Routledge Handbook of War and Ethics as chapter 29, ed. N. Evans, 2013
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Computer Science (CS)
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Routledge Handbook of War and Ethics as chapter 29, ed. N. Evans, 2013
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