Re: Border Security System Left Open

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 4/14/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:32:41 +1200, Nick FitzGerald said:
> > Fergie wrote:
> >
> > > A computer failure that hobbled border-screening systems at airports
> > > across the country last August occurred after Homeland Security officials
> > > deliberately held back a security patch that would have protected the
> > > sensitive computers from a virus then sweeping the internet, according to
> > > documents obtained by Wired News.
> >
> > One has to question whether the folk running these systems even have
> > the _minimal_ competence for doing their job.


I remember taking a SANS course (win2k, so it was a few years ago, but
still post 9/11) and the instructor told us about the WIFI system in
Heartsfield, and how it was connected with the baggage handling
system.

I didnt believe him of course, but a few months later, I was going to
NYC with a friend, and I verified their app was on the same network as
the free, public 802.11 network.

-JP

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