[127653] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Lewis)
Thu Jul 8 07:48:57 2010
In-Reply-To: <31DB73E599B24579BED1D0DA1C1DDB7C@DELL16>
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 07:48:09 -0400
From: Jason Lewis <jlewis@packetnexus.com>
To: Michael Painter <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Michael Painter <tvhawaii@shaka.com> wrote:
> Have we all gone mad?
> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic cont=
rol
> network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the
> interest of 'efficiency'. =A0Air gap them all and let them apply for
> "Inefficiency Relief" from the $100 million relief fund.
>
>
Efficiency in this context refers to the nuke plant operator checking
his email and playing games online. It is not efficient to have him
use one computer for the power plant and one for his personal use.
</sarcasm>
