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Now that we're beyond the year Space Odyssey popularized, preparations to improve the security of IT systems would be lax if the tons of infosecurity lessons of 2001 were overlooked. The process of litigation discovery - where parties to a lawsuit seek documents, depositions and other information from their foes and third-party witnesses prior to trial - is seeing a dramatic transition with the advent of the 'paperless office.' Two years ago, Internet security in the United States changed dramatically when Amazon.com, CNN, Yahoo, E*TRADE, ZDNet and others fell victim to what has come to be known as a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. My last opinion piece (Winning the Virus War - But When? July 31, www.infosecnews.com/opinion/2002/07/31_01.htm) resulted in some (positive) responses, for which I’m grateful. The denial-of-service (DoS) attack is a common, recurring problem in networking, and recently, more and more companies are being caught out because of holes in their security infrastructure. “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass