Re: The Future of Security

[Don Helms <dhelms () sw org>]

>   But hey, if we can do a key exchange from our automobile to the
> stove in our kitchen, then I won't have to be saying "Yes dear, I'm
> sure the stove is turned off - trust me about this."
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Yes, but as we've seen in the medical arena, you can toast a guy
if you have access.  I've seen actual medical equipment designed 
by the manufacture to network with zero security---on purpose.
We did implement it at the physical level, by the way.

So, if you network your toaster, you may be able to tell if it's 
turned off.  But what about someone else turning it on?  If I don't
firewall my toaster some yahoo will hack in and burn my house down?

To many times, it's the simple stuff that folks forget to lock down.

-Don

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Don Helms  
Scott & White Hospital
dhelms () sw org
Date: 12/02/1999

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