IF Rossi is developing his home grown command and control system, we won't see the E-Cat cluster reactor released for another 10 years.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:26 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, and they did not have an internally designed controller in that > case. The Iranians purchased a standard system from what I read. It is > much easier to monkey around with a controller that anyone can purchase > than one where you change the software at will. Rossi apparently is > developing his own control software. Do you know otherwise? Consider the > case of Linux systems compared to Windows devices. The very frequent > updates keep malicious code under control. The closer you hold the source > code and version distributions to your chest, the more difficult it becomes > for bad guys to interfere. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 4:13 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:more energy in disputes than from cells > > The Iranians lost control of their centrifuges, and they were not on the > internet. The infection came in on a memory stick. > > On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 4:08 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You assume that these ECAT systems must be connected to the Internet. >> If that connection is too dangerous then it should not be standard until >> the vulnerabilities are resolved. Of course it is *modern* to monitor >> and control things by connection to the internet, but that is not the only >> choice. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Axil Axil <[email protected]> >> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Dec 9, 2014 3:35 pm >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:more energy in disputes than from cells >> >> How will Russia kept their oil and gas products running in the face >> of Rossi's E-Cat challenge? Here's how. >> >> SCADA Strangelove: Zero-days & hacking for full remote control >> >> Speaking of critical SCADA systems online and the risks to them…after >> finding more than 60,000 exposed control systems online, two Russian >> security researchers found vulnerabilities that could be exploited to take >> “full control of systems running energy, chemical and transportation >> systems.” >> >> At the Chaos Communication Congress, 30C3, Positive Research chief >> technology officer Sergey Gordeychik and consultant Gleb Gritsai said they >> demonstrated “how to get full control of industrial infrastructure” to the >> energy, oil and gas, chemical and transportation sectors. “The >> vulnerabilities,” according to the Australian IT News, “existed in the way >> passwords were encrypted and stored in the software's Project database and >> allowed attackers to gain full access to Programmable Logic Controllers >> (PLCs) using attacks described as dangerous and easy to launch.” >> >> They probed and found holes in “popular and high-end ICS and supervisory >> control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems used to control everything >> from home solar panel installations to critical national infrastructure.” >> There are also numerous vulnerabilities in “home systems -- exposed to the >> public internet and at risk of attack.” >> >> In one case, the researchers responsibly disclosed a “vulnerability in >> the cloud SCADA platform Daq Connect which allowed attackers running a >> demonstration kiosk to access other customer installations." The vendor's >> totally unhelpful response was to tell the researchers “to simply 'not do' >> the attacks.” >> >> The SCADA Strangelove project has identified more than 150 zero-day >> vulnerabilities in SCADA, ICS and PLCs, with five percent of those being >> “dangerous remote code execution holes.” At 30C3, they released an updated >> version of THC-Hydra, “a password-cracking tool that targeted the >> vulnerability in Siemens PLC S-300 devices,” and a “Pretty Shiny Sparkly >> ICS/SCADA/PLC Cheat Sheet,” identifying almost 600 ICS, PLC and SCADA >> systems, so you too can “become a real SCADA Hacker.” >> >> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 3:05 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Rossi has publicly stated that he is using over 100 computers to >>> implement his latest control stratagem. From this meager bit of information >>> we can deduce fairly much what is going on with the 1 megawatt cluster >>> E-Cat reactor. That number of computers means he is using a SCADA system to >>> do the command and control function to keep his creation in line. >>> The term SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) usually >>> refers to a centralized system which monitors and controls the industrial >>> infrastructure of entire sites, or complexes of systems spread out over >>> large areas (anything from an industrial plant to a nation). Most localized >>> control actions are performed automatically by Remote Terminal Unit (RTU)s >>> or by Programmable Logic Controller (PLC)s. These are computer boards which >>> are controlled by a low level microcomputer usually housed in a rack >>> mounted enclosure using a full duplex bus structure to communicate with a >>> master control station(MCS). The MCS is a custom coded PC that hosts the >>> bus network and provides a graphical user interface to depict the >>> operational parameters and status of all the E-Cats. In a high availability >>> application, the MCD runs in a ghosted mode with a hot backup PC. >>> >>> The cost of such a system(a high quality implementation) is >>> substantial. This digital Command and Control(C&C) will comprise a large >>> fraction of the cost of Rossi's 1 megawatt plant. Even the best of such >>> systems is prone to bugs, out of profile behavior and hacking attacks. >>> Usually industrial customers will want to integrate the E-Cat cluster >>> reactor into their factory wide SCADA C&C system. >>> >>> In my opinion, Rossi and Industrial heat have made a mistake in >>> judgment on this reactor design decision. A simplified fail safe (as in a >>> nuclear reactor) analog based control system is best suited to the 1 MW >>> E-Cat cluster reactor. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Peter Gluck <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> >>>> when the New Paradigm of LENR will >>>> arrive, remember me for this too: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2014/12/daily-shared-lenr-discoveries-december_9.html >>>> >>>> It is the daily info here...more daily than info this time. >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Peter Gluck >>>> Cluj, Romania >>>> http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com >>>> >>> >>> >> >
