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From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:15:18 -0500
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: TSA passenger checks may be vulnerable Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 10:01:01 -0800 From: David Pollak <dpp () athena com> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> For IP http://news.com.com/TSA+passenger+checks+may+be+vulnerable/2100-7348_3-6037741.html?tag=nefd.top The newest version of the Transportation Security Administration's proposed system to check the names of airline passengers against terrorist watch lists could be vulnerable to hackers, the agency said Thursday. The agency's chief, Kip Hawley, told a Senate committee that the long-delayed program, now called Secure Flight, will be delayed again. The program is supposed to take over from the airlines the job of checking passenger names against a "watch list." The idea is to reduce the number of cases in which people with names similar to those on the watch list are prevented from boarding planes, but civil libertarians say it would violate passengers' privacy. The agency has been working on the program for about four years and has spent at least $140 million. At a hearing Thursday before the Senate Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Cathleen Berrick, an auditor at the Government Accountability Office, said in testimony that Secure Flight "may not be adequately protected against unauthorized access and use or disruption." Hawley said his agency's technology office had identified many of the same problems. Even before the hearing, there was no target date for turning the system on. Entire contents, Copyright © 2006 The New York Times. All rights reserved. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFD7Ng2tcdvoAezhUsRAq1hAKCIRqXvpCs9VcBn2c0KR5xdiN9DrACfasah RKMBwd23wQUd9pS53UXZmhI= =zX8y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org 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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