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[Fwd: Question]
From: "Marcus J. Ranum" <mjr () ranum com>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:14:44 -0400
I just thought I'd send this along to the list, because it had me laughing into my coffee. My friend Olaf is not a security practitioner. He's not even an IT guy. He's an artist and a professional photographer. I just love the way that any person with a brain who encounters this internet security stuff can immediately cut to the core of the problem as Olaf does below: -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Question Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 08:41:39 -0400 From: Olaf S <lightdesigner@----> Reply-To: lightdesigner@---- To: Ranum Marcus <mjr () ranum com> So, I'm watching a piece on the news this morning that "hackers" from China, Russia, Korea and maybe others have got into the computers that control the electrical grid. My question is why the fuck are these computers connected to the internet? Olaf S -- Marcus J. Ranum CSO, Tenable Network Security, Inc. http://www.tenablesecurity.com _______________________________________________ firewall-wizards mailing list firewall-wizards () listserv icsalabs com https://listserv.icsalabs.com/mailman/listinfo/firewall-wizards
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