[127673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Curtis Maurand)
Thu Jul 8 13:26:34 2010
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:25:54 -0400
From: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSX.4.64.1007080943480.340@cevin-2.local>
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On 7/8/2010 9:51 AM, Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, 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.
>
>
> Heck, removing all of these functions from the Internet will create
> jobs, too, right? And no one would mind paying for all of this out of
> their airline tickets, it should only increase fares by a third or so.
>
You know it is possible, mind you, possible to have control systems for
things like the power grid and nuclear power plants to live on a
physically separate network within a building from a terminal that has
the internet connected to it.
--C
