That seems to indicate these devices are running a version of embedded Windows for them to get infected by a virus and I wonder why they need such a sledgehammer internally.
Steve PS. sorry for top-posting but that's the only way I can reply at the moment (basic HTML Gmail). On 26/07/2010, jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Hal Murray wrote: >> jim...@earthlink.net said: >>> But over the next few years, I suspect you'll see more and more of it >>> coming onto the surplus market. My fond hope is that my daughter will >>> be >>> able to capitalize on it. >> >> A friend had a fancy scope with an Etherenet. It got infected with the >> virus-de-jour. >> >> > > > Yes.. I was at a meeting at work last week where we discussed this. > Seems it works like this: The equipment mfrs have about 6 month > turnaround on patch cycles, so your instrument is almost always > vulnerable. But, if you don't connect it to anything or use it as a > browser, you're ok. Then, someone plugs a USB stick in (that is > infected from some other PC).. and that infects the instrument. SInce > the instrument isn't running anti virus (they're of limited value > anyway, and usually have a performance impact that's unacceptable in > embedded systems), the virus lurks there. Then, when you DO connect to > the network, it leaps into action, or, it infects the USB stick of the > next poor schlub to use it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.