gary@sdcsvax.UUCP (01/01/70)
I read Neuromancer this summer - I never did understand the ICE reference. Integrated Circuits? Could someone illuminate this for me? I'm sure other people had the same question. gary cottrell
brothers@who.rutgers.edu.UUCP (09/24/87)
ICE == Intruder Countermeasures Electronics. Software for ambushing
cowboys. Apparently the usage extends beyond cyberspace security
measures to any form of electronic/software security systems.
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"One life -- one arrow."hirai@swatsun.UUCP (09/24/87)
In article <3948@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, gary@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Gary Cottrell) writes: > I read Neuromancer this summer - I never did understand the ICE reference. > Integrated Circuits? Intrusion (or Intruder?) Counter-measures Electronics. Correct me if I'm wrong. There was a discussion about this some time ago in sf-lovers. I think some other author came up with this originally. -AG Hirai -- Eiji "A.G." Hirai @ Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 19081 | Tel. 215-543-9855 UUCP: {seismo, rutgers, ihnp4}!bpa!swatsun!hirai | "All Cretans are liars." CSnet: hirai%swatsun.swarthmore.edu@relay.cs.net | -Epimenides ARPA: swatsun!hirai@bpa.bell-atl.com | of Cnossus, Crete
matt@oddjob.UUCP (09/25/87)
brothers@who.rutgers.edu (Laurence R. Brothers) writes:
) ICE == Intruder Countermeasures Electronics. Software for ambushing cowboys.
Or was it "Industrial Counter-Espionage"?
Mattjeffb@mcnc.UUCP (09/25/87)
This is in reference to guess's about what ICE is in Neuromancer. It seems pretty obvious to me that ICE is just software protection. I've heard both copy protection and system protection (passwords, etc.) referred to as ICE. Maybe it comes from Integrated Circuits, but I doubt it, since almost all protection is in the form of software. Jeff Butterworth jeffb@alvin.UUCP The Microelectronics Center of North Carolina
mwtilden@orchid.UUCP (09/28/87)
>>) ICE == Intruder Countermeasures Electronics. Software for ambushing cowboys. > >Or was it "Industrial Counter-Espionage"? > Intrusive Computer Espionage? -- Mark Tilden: _-_-_-__--__--_ /(glitch!) M.F.C.F Hardware Design Lab. -_-___ | \ /\/ U of Waterloo. Ont. Can, N2L-3G1 |__-_-_-| \/ (519) - 885 - 1211 ext.2454, "MY OPINIONS, YOU HEAR!? MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!"
hobie@sq.UUCP (09/30/87)
M.W. Tilden, Hardware (mwtilden@orchid.waterloo.edu) writes: >>>) ICE == Intruder Countermeasures Electronics. Software for ambushing cowboys. >> >>Or was it "Industrial Counter-Espionage"? >> >Intrusive Computer Espionage? Idiot-Confusing English? Hobie Orris | guest of SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Ont. |"There'll be no more giant leeches {ihnp4 | decvax | ? }!utzoo!sq!hobie | When you find the good Lord Jesus"