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i: Washington D.C. air traffic slowed -- from risks
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 1997 06:43:29 -0400
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 1997 18:22:08 PDT From: "Peter G. Neumann" <neumann () chiron csl sri com> Subject: Washington D.C. air traffic slowed Air-traffic control around the eastern United States was seriously slowed down for nearly eight hours on 11 Jun 1997 because of a wiring error that occurred two months ago when new communications equipment was being installed. The main system at National Airport for communication with aircraft in flight broke down. Another aggravating episode occurred at Dulles International on the same day, when a man with a briefcase ran through a security checkpoint. 80 flights were delayed when police made 2,000 passengers go through metal detectors for a second time. That is a really nasty kind of denial-of-service attack, even if computer-unrelated. ******Remember 19 June in San Fran****** Look at http://www.eff.org/fillmore
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