U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
Curtis Maurand
cmaurand at xyonet.com
Thu Jul 8 17:25:54 UTC 2010
On 7/8/2010 9:51 AM, Brandon Ross wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote:
>
>> Have we all gone mad?
>> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic
>> control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet
>> in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply
>> for "Inefficiency Relief" from the $100 million relief fund.
>
>
> Heck, removing all of these functions from the Internet will create
> jobs, too, right? And no one would mind paying for all of this out of
> their airline tickets, it should only increase fares by a third or so.
>
You know it is possible, mind you, possible to have control systems for
things like the power grid and nuclear power plants to live on a
physically separate network within a building from a terminal that has
the internet connected to it.
--C
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