begin Brian Lloyd quotation:
Sameer Verma wrote:
The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF) has found a novel use for Wi-Fi. It has started using the wireless networking technology to control trains remotely. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/69/34101.html
Oh man, will crackers have a ball with that one! Can we say, "denial of service," boys and girls? I knew you could! Suzie, what do you think will happen when the nice engineer can't run his train anymore?
Fortunately, all railway systems are fail-safe, so that the failure of any one component causes a full stop. The biggest worry for most train operators is automobiles on the tracks, but #2 is that they'll miss a cue and the automated emergency brakes will kick in.
But that was my point. If a cracker can disable the network, all the trains grind to a halt. Hence my comment about denail of service.
Trains not running = no service
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