Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-11 Thread sjk
> said records, required. > > As soon as you do business with the govt, the overhead goes through the roof. > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Patrick Giagnocavo [mailto:patr...@zill.net] >> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:02 PM >> To: nanog@nanog.org

RE: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-11 Thread Tomas L. Byrnes
overhead goes through the roof. > -Original Message- > From: Patrick Giagnocavo [mailto:patr...@zill.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:02 PM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies > > andrew.wallace wrote: &g

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Danny McPherson
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:26 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >> >> I'm not familiar with cable break splicing procedures, but is it even >> possible to pay extra to have your splice done first? I would think >> that the logistics of splicing are such that the guy down in the hole >> doesn't kn

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 7/8/2010 09:59, Marshall Eubanks wrote: > I think that there needs to be a balance. I think it needs to be the purview of the custodian of the facility. Not some political wonk. -- Somebody should have said: A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Freedom un

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Joe Greco
> On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Joe Greco wrote: > > There's a happy medium in there somewhere; it's not clear that having (to > > use the examples given) air traffic control computers directly on the > > Internet has sufficient value to outweigh the risks. However, it seems > > that being able to securely

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jul 8, 2010, at 11:56 AM, J. Oquendo wrote: > @Jared's TSP link... Wonder how this will affect VoIP ITSP's etal, e.g., > how many local NS/EP's have swapped over to VoIP. Logically, anyone with > a network running a managed VoIP service, trunk, etc., could qualify. This certainly is a frequen

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Shrdlu
Owen DeLong wrote: [snip] I know this from being a pilot, and, also from having toured the following ATC facilities: Towers: TRACONs: ARTCCs: Ditto to absolutely EVERYTHING that Owen said, and I can guarantee this further, having had experience with various east coast and southeastern To

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:13 AM, George Bonser wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Brandon Ross >> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:52 AM >> To: Michael Painter >> Cc: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Co

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Curtis Maurand
On 7/8/2010 9:51 AM, Brandon Ross wrote: On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote: Have we all gone mad? I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them a

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Owen DeLong
On Jul 8, 2010, at 9:00 AM, Brandon Ross wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Joe Greco wrote: > >> There's a happy medium in there somewhere; it's not clear that having (to >> use the examples given) air traffic control computers directly on the >> Internet has sufficient value to outweigh the risks.

RE: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread George Bonser
> -Original Message- > From: Brandon Ross > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 6:52 AM > To: Michael Painter > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies > > On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote: > > > Have we al

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread JC Dill
andrew.wallace wrote: Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html My opinion: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments%26commentId%3D1330685 Politifact has an interesting article on th

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread bross
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, J. Oquendo wrote: Brandon Ross wrote: Do people really think the guy in the airport control tower is really surfing Facebook while he's controlling aircraft on the same computer, or that capability is even what is under consideration? "Air traffic controller suspended for

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread J. Oquendo
Brandon Ross wrote: > > Do people really think the guy in the airport control tower is really > surfing Facebook while he's controlling aircraft on the same computer, or > that capability is even what is under consideration? > "Air traffic controller suspended for allowing son to radio instructions

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread bmanning
On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 09:51:52AM -0400, Brandon Ross wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote: > > >Have we all gone mad? > > Absolutely! For example, those thousands of flight plans filed every day > by airlines across the globe, not to mention private flights, should be > done ma

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Brandon Ross
On Thu, 8 Jul 2010, Joe Greco wrote: There's a happy medium in there somewhere; it's not clear that having (to use the examples given) air traffic control computers directly on the Internet has sufficient value to outweigh the risks. However, it seems that being able to securely gateway appropr

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread J. Oquendo
Michael Painter wrote: > > Have we all gone mad? > I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic > control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet > in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply > for "Inefficiency Relief" from th

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Leo Bicknell
In a message written on Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 08:12:29AM -0700, JC Dill wrote: > I'm not familiar with cable break splicing procedures, but is it even > possible to pay extra to have your splice done first? I would think > that the logistics of splicing are such that the guy down in the hole > d

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Thu, 08 Jul 2010 08:12:29 PDT, JC Dill said: > valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > What's the going rate these days that you have to pay to make sure your > > fiber > > gets spliced first rather than that other customer's 10GE? > I'm not familiar with cable break splicing procedures, but is i

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Michael Holstein
> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic > control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet > in the interest of 'efficiency'. The Davis-Besse nuclear generating station computers were hit by the SQL Slammer / Saphire worm back in 2003. http:/

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread JC Dill
valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: What's the going rate these days that you have to pay to make sure your fiber gets spliced first rather than that other customer's 10GE? I'm not familiar with cable break splicing procedures, but is it even possible to pay extra to have your splice done first?

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Marshall Eubanks
On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:12 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:16:27 -1000, Michael Painter said: I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air- traffic control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the interest of 'efficiency'.

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Jared Mauch
On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:12 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > What's the going rate these days that you have to pay to make sure your fiber > gets spliced first rather than that other customer's 10GE? And what's it > cost to do it for all 2,397 links? And if your electrical-grid fiber is > in t

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:16:27 -1000, Michael Painter said: > I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic control > network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the interest > of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply for "Inefficiency > Reli

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Joe Greco
> On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote: > > > Have we all gone mad? > > I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic > > control > > network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the > > interest > > of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let the

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Brandon Ross
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Michael Painter wrote: Have we all gone mad? I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic control network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the interest of 'efficiency'. Air gap them all and let them apply for "Inefficiency R

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-08 Thread Jason Lewis
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Michael Painter wrote: > Have we all gone mad? > I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic control > network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the > interest of 'efficiency'.  Air gap them all and let them apply for

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Michael Painter
andrew.wallace wrote: Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html My opinion: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html#articleTabs%3Dcomments%26commentId%3D1330685 "Perfect Citizen will look at large, typically o

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread joel jaeggli
On 2010-07-07 19:14, Jon Lewis wrote: On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: andrew.wallace wrote: Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a bunch of old systems? Havi

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:02:24 EDT, Patrick Giagnocavo said: > andrew.wallace wrote: > > Article: > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html > > > > Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a > bunch of old systems? That's the first

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Franck Martin
You forgot -It is carrier grade, ISO certified and other certification program not worth the paper it is printed on. - Original Message - From: "Jon Lewis" To: "Patrick Giagnocavo" Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: Thursday, 8 July, 2010 2:14:53 PM Subject: Re: U.S. Pl

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Jimi Thompson
ROFL You forgot E) Oversight by a committee and F) All of the above On 7/7/10 9:14 PM, "Jon Lewis" wrote: > On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: > >> andrew.wallace wrote: >>> Article: >>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.ht >>> ml >>> >> >

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: > Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a > bunch of old systems? I think you've misunderstood the question if you think "openbsd on old systems" is the answer. :) Adrian

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Jon Lewis
On Wed, 7 Jul 2010, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote: andrew.wallace wrote: Article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a bunch of old systems? A) it's being done for the government B) it'

Re: U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

2010-07-07 Thread Patrick Giagnocavo
andrew.wallace wrote: > Article: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html > Why does it cost $100 million to install and configure OpenBSD on a bunch of old systems? --Patrick