> So, it seems like the logical extension into cyberspace would be that you can do anything you want to the attacker's computer while they are connected to your

> So, it seems like the logical extension into cyberspace would be that you can do anything you want to the attacker's computer while they are connected to your systems, but you can't pursue them once they've gone, the same as kinetic castle doctrine. That's more or less what I'm imagining, not after the fact find-fix-finish. If I come home from work, power on my machine, and find someone is DoS'ing my connection should I be able to route through an alternative connection and take down the offending machine? Honestly, I don't know how to feel because there is greater potential for collateral than with, say, a man in a ski mask kicking in my door. At the same time wholesale denial of "hacking back" seems the like the wrong[0] approach. [0] - I realize many an HNer lives in a land with a duty to retreat so this might be foreign to them.