Arguing against using public IP space
Joel jaeggli
joelja at bogus.com
Mon Nov 14 02:59:45 UTC 2011
On 11/14/11 10:24 , Joe Greco wrote:
>> Sure, anytime there's an attack or failure on a SCADA network that
>> wouldn't have occurred had it been air-gapped, it's easy for people to
>> knee-jerk a "SCADA networks should be airgapped" response. But that's
>> not really intelligent commentary unless you carefully consider what
>> risks are associated with air-gapping the network.
>
> Not to mention that it's not the only way for these things to get
> infected. Getting fixated on air-gapping is unrealistically ignoring
> the other threats out there.
>
> There needs to be a whole lot more security work done on SCADA nets.
Stuxnet should provide a fairly illustrative example.
It doesn't really matter how well isolated from direct access it is if
it has a soft gooey center and a willing attacker.
> ... JG
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