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Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US
From: Mike Andrews <mikea () mikea ath cx>
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:39:30 -0600
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 04:00:52PM -0800, Joe Hamelin wrote:
This might be of interest to those wishing to dive deeper into the subject. Telecommunications Handbook for Transportation Professionals: The Basics of Telecommunications by the Federal Highway Administration. http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/telecomm_handbook/ I'm still digging through it to see what they say about network security. Joe Hamelin, W7COM, Tulalip, WA, 360-474-7474
They don't. Not at all. The most they do say is that on one system, one class of users has RW access to data, while another has RO access. This quote: "Firewall" - is a term used to describe a software application designed to prevent unauthorized access to the initial entry point of a system. is indicative of the level at which the doc is written, and of the intended audience. Worse yet, the dfn. is _*WRONG*_. I work for a state highway department; we take network security a whole lot more seriously than *that*. 73 DE -- Mike Andrews, W5EGO mikea () mikea ath cx Tired old sysadmin
Current thread:
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US, (continued)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jay Ashworth (Nov 21)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jussi Peltola (Nov 21)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 21)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Brett Frankenberger (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jay Ashworth (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Brett Frankenberger (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Matthew Kaufman (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US andrew.wallace (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Michael Painter (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Joe Hamelin (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Mike Andrews (Nov 23)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Valdis . Kletnieks (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Steven Bellovin (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Steven Bellovin (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Michael Painter (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Ryan Pavely (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US andrew.wallace (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jay Ashworth (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Brett Frankenberger (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jimmy Hess (Nov 22)
- Re: First real-world SCADA attack in US Jay Ashworth (Nov 22)