This is the Internet we're talking about, not smart people ;) There are a lot of systems connected to the Internet (like power grid systems and nuclear power plants) that certainly SHOULDN'T be connected to the Internet but they are...
Chris On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Steven S. Critchfield <cri...@basesys.com>wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > > I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I don't want our > > government to be able to pull this business that Egypt pulled to quell > > rebellion by shutting off the Internet in the entire country (which is > > stupid and didn't work, anyway.) > > > > On the other hand, what if we had some kind of massive cyber attack > > against our country and the best way to contain the damage was to ask > > individual ISP's to shut down some or all traffic? (the way the CDC > > might quarantine a > > virus outbreak in a city by preventing traffic in or out.) A few years > > ago, I might have considered this kind of cyber attack science fiction > > but with > > the very successful attack by Stuxnet > > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet>, I don't consider this just a > > wild idea but a pretty real concern. > > How about smart people do not put important pieces of hardware on the open > internet. How about smart people not use Microsoft or similar top of the > market for exploits software to run important pieces of hardware. > > Then again, how about we make sure we don't become the nanny state and > eliminate personal responsibility for ones actions or inactions. > > -- > Steven Critchfield cri...@basesys.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
