Of course linux apps that is... Lynn
On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > The question we need to ask ourselves is what apps are out there that would > do the same jobs better, cheaper, and above all more securely? Is there an > entrepreneurial opportunity here? > > Lynn > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Michael Butash <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Here's one better: >> >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/**2011/10/18/son_of_stuxnet_**disclovered/<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/son_of_stuxnet_disclovered/> >> >> The stuxnet equivalent running amok in _our_ scada systems. >> >> Scada systems (municipal water and sewage systems) of various >> municipalities can be a bit scary, usually just a bunch of old win2k boxes >> with serial gadgetry applied to talk to plc's and serial devices off in a >> corner somewhere on a schedule and feed data back. Sometimes firewalls >> actually get involved, but otherwise a veritable breeding ground for these >> kinds of viruses. I suppose turnabout is fair play for us, but thank you >> windows for letting them. >> >> Question is, do any of these vendors even consider linux or are entirely >> locked into ms? I bet Iran doesn't any more. >> >> -mb >> >> >> >> On 10/19/2011 09:16 AM, Tom Ostlund wrote: >> >>> consider all the checkouts at the grocery stores are running windows >>> underneath the hood and you might switch back to cash for everything >>> again....... >>> >>> They probably all have IE6 on them as well considering why would they >>> update? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 10/19/2011 09:11 AM, keith smith wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Very Scary! >>>> >>>> ------------------------ >>>> >>>> Keith Smith >>>> >>>> --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Alex Dean<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Alex Dean<[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Another reason for Linux. >>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion >>>> list"<[email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>>> > >>>> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 6:44 AM >>>> >>>> >>>> On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:30 PM, keith smith wrote: >>>> >>>> Son of Stuxnet? Researchers Warn of Impending Cyber Attack >>>>> >>>>> Stuxnet was a highly sophisticated computer worm that was discovered >>>>> last year and was thought to have successfully targeted and disrupted >>>>> systems at a nuclear enrichment plant in Iran. >>>>> >>>>> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/**stuxnet-returns-duqu-** >>>>> researchers-warn-similar-**cyber-attack/story?id=14763854<http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/stuxnet-returns-duqu-researchers-warn-similar-cyber-attack/story?id=14763854> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Stuxnet is a computer worm discovered in June 2010. It targets >>>>> Siemens industrial software and equipment running Microsoft Windows. >>>>> >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Stuxnet<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Great summary of the whole Stuxnet saga: >>>> http://www.ted.com/talks/**ralph_langner_cracking_** >>>> stuxnet_a_21st_century_**cyberweapon.html<http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >> [email protected].**phoenix.az.us<[email protected]> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss<http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss> >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Lynn P. Tilby > UNIX Consultant > Ph: 480 632-8633 > [email protected] > > -- Best Regards, Lynn P. Tilby UNIX Consultant Ph: 480 632-8633 [email protected]
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