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FCC acknowledges EAS security holes
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:56:35 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Kevin Poulsen <klp () securityfocus com> Date: August 13, 2004 4:28:38 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Subject: FCC acknowledges EAS security holes http://www.securityfocus.com/news/9324 U.S. tackles Emergency Alert System insecurity By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Aug 12 2004 6:17PM The U.S. Emergency Alert System (EAS) that lets officials instantlyinterrupt radio and T.V. broadcasts to provide emergency information in a
crisis suffers from security holes that leave it vulnerable to denial of service attacks, and could even permit hackers to issue their own false regional alerts, federal regulators acknowledged Thursday."Security and encryption were not the primary design criteria when EAS was developed and initially implemented," the Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) wrote in a public notice launching a review of the system. "Now, however, emergency managers are becoming more aware of potentialvulnerabilities within the system. For example, the complete EAS protocol is a matter of public record and potentially subject to malicious activations
or interference." [...] ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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