-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Ferguson Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 10:48 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [funsec] Foiled terror plot aboard Northwest Flight 253 sparksstrict security rules for air passengers
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 10:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Sat, 12/26/09, Buhrmaster, Gary <[email protected]> wrote: > >> And that rule is that passengers (and crew) will no longer >> sit quietly when threatened. > > The attack model has changed. Getting up and saying "Everyone stay in > your seats!" is a non-starter, no-one is hijacking a plane again. > > The fact is that this loser would have succeeded if he had built his bomb > better. Security will/should adjust to try to the threat - expect more > sensors and sniffers and more attention on information management. > > But messaging is more important than actual security. People have to > remember that as of now you remain more likely to die in an airplane > *accident* than you do in an extremist attack, and in any case you are > more likely to be struck by a passing car while crossing the street. > It's like getting network security to the point where a bad power supply > is a bigger threat. > > Terrorism isn't about results, it's about sowing FUD. The best sign in > my eyes is that CNN covered a college football coach quitting today > instead of spending the entire day on this story. And the Iranian > protests, too - now there's a much more significant story. > Schneier: "Only one carry on? No electronics for the first hour of flight? I wish that, just once, some terrorist would try something that you can only foil by upgrading the passengers to first glass [sic] and giving them free drinks." http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/12/separating_expl.html I love that. :-) - - ferg More security theater. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
