[127663] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J. Oquendo)
Thu Jul 8 11:58:30 2010
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:56:35 -0400
From: "J. Oquendo" <sil@infiltrated.net>
To: Michael Painter <tvhawaii@shaka.com>
In-Reply-To: <31DB73E599B24579BED1D0DA1C1DDB7C@DELL16>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Michael Painter wrote:
>
> Have we all gone mad?
> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic
> control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet
> in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply
> for "Inefficiency Relief" from the $100 million relief fund.
What's hard to understand about mobility. Sure the HMI, RTU's etc are
NOT connected to the public Internet however, they ARE networked. All a
company needs is one client side attack to give an outsider the same
level of access as an insider and it's checkmate.
@Jared's TSP link... Wonder how this will affect VoIP ITSP's etal, e.g.,
how many local NS/EP's have swapped over to VoIP. Logically, anyone with
a network running a managed VoIP service, trunk, etc., could qualify.
@Fiber splicing ... Let the NSA handles this
(http://www.zdnet.com/news/spy-agency-taps-into-undersea-cable/115877)
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