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Re: Singapore Tightens Internet Security Laws
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:00:49 -0600 (CST)
Forwarded from: Robert G. Ferrell <rgferrell () direcway com> At 06:17 AM 11/12/2003 -0600, you wrote:
"Instead of a backpack of explosives, a terrorist can create just as much devastation by sending a carefully engineered packet of data into the computer systems which control the network for essential services, for example the power stations," Ho said.
If your power infrastructure is constructed such that people can be killed and maimed from the Internet, you're a cataclysm waiting to happen, terrorists or not. Get your SCADA systems off the Internet, for Pete's sake, or at least make sure their traffic is encrypted with a decent key size. "Cyberterrorism" feeds on stupidity; stop laying out the buffet and you'll be a lot safer. RGF Robert G. Ferrell rgferrell () direcway com - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo () attrition org with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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