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 ===== Flanking in Traditional Warfare ===== ===== Flanking in Traditional Warfare =====
  
-Flanking, as we understand it, is a very broad military tactic which has been used in warfare for millenia. Knowing how flanking can be performed on all three [[tactics:levels-of-war|Levels of Warfare]] will give you a better idea of how to make use of the concept on digital battlefields and during [[:op|Anonymous Operations]].+Flanking as we understand it, is a very broad military tactic which has been used in warfare for millenia. Knowing how flanking can be performed on all three [[tactics:levels-of-war|Levels of Warfare]] will give you a better idea of how to make use of the concept on digital battlefields and during [[:op|Anonymous Operations]].
  
  
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 ===== Metaphorical & Digital Flanking ===== ===== Metaphorical & Digital Flanking =====
  
-Flanking an enemy on today's modern asymmetric and digital battlefields is not too different from flanking in the days of old. The concept is very much the same: Find a weak spot around the primary line of defense.+Flanking an enemy on today's modern asymmetric and digital battlefields is not too different from flanking in the days of old. The concept is very much the same: Find a weak spot around the primary line of defense, and concentrate your firepower on that spot.
  
 **For example:** Is your enemy using Cloudflare to resist head-on [[tactics:ddos|DDOS]] attacks on their website, while their web server has detection software that prevents [[tactics:brute-force|brute forcing]] your way in? Then maybe you should consider using a bit of [[diy:social-engineering|social engineering]] to get unrestricted staff access through a side entrance, where those systems have no defensive value. **For example:** Is your enemy using Cloudflare to resist head-on [[tactics:ddos|DDOS]] attacks on their website, while their web server has detection software that prevents [[tactics:brute-force|brute forcing]] your way in? Then maybe you should consider using a bit of [[diy:social-engineering|social engineering]] to get unrestricted staff access through a side entrance, where those systems have no defensive value.
  
-As long as you can think outside the box, there is a vulnerable flank to even the most towering of enemies.+As long as you can think outside the box, there is a vulnerable flank to even the most daunting of enemy forces.
  
  
  
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