[56011] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Homeland Security Alert System
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Fri Feb 21 10:10:41 2003
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 10:10:21 -0500
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@fugawi.net>
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At 01:44 AM 2/21/2003 -0500, Sean Donelan wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Martin
Hannigan wrote:<br>
> Is anyone running an automated Terror Alert system that's<br>
> real time with the DHS?<br>
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CNN (or Fox, MSNBC, etc) news satellite feed (for national alerts)<br>
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Radio Shack National Weather Service Alert radio (for local alerts)<br>
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Individual states have other alert systems. For example,
California<br>
has EDIS, Oklahoma and Florida have their own systems.<br>
<br>
When the alert level was raised from Yellow to Orange, the DHS web
site<br>
was updated long after all the 24-hour news networks were running<br>
scrolls across the bottom of the screen announcing the upcoming
press<br>
conference about the change.<br>
<br>
But what would you do with the information?</blockquote><br>
<br>
Let the noc know what's up so they can be more vigilant based on the the
threat level. <br>
Perhaps even use different sets of ACL's on the edge, etc. It could also
be used<br>
to explain an unexpected surge in traffic, calls, or other things. Ever
look at some traffic stats and see a major surge and want to make sure
you understand why?<br>
<br>
I'd take it serious and consider NBC as well as "cyberAttacks".
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<font face="Courier, Courier">Regards,<br>
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Martin
Hannigan
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