Another reason for Linux.

[Michael Butash]

Here's one better:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/18/son_of_stuxnet_disclovered/

The stuxnet equivalent running amok in _our_ scada systems.

Scada systems (municipal water and sewage systems) of various 
municipalities can be a bit scary, usually just a bunch of old win2k 
boxes with serial gadgetry applied to talk to plc's and serial devices 
off in a corner somewhere on a schedule and feed data back.  Sometimes 
firewalls actually get involved, but otherwise a veritable breeding 
ground for these kinds of viruses.  I suppose turnabout is fair play for 
us, but thank you windows for letting them.

Question is, do any of these vendors even consider linux or are entirely 
locked into ms?  I bet Iran doesn't any more.

-mb


On 10/19/2011 09:16 AM, Tom Ostlund wrote:
> consider all the checkouts at the grocery stores are running windows
> underneath the hood and you might switch back to cash for everything
> again.......
>
> They probably all have IE6 on them as well considering why would they
> update?
>
>
>
> On 10/19/2011 09:11 AM, keith smith wrote:
>>
>>
>> Very Scary!
>>
>> ------------------------
>>
>> Keith Smith
>>
>> --- On Wed, 10/19/11, Alex Dean<alex at crackpot.org> wrote:
>>
>> From: Alex Dean<alex at crackpot.org>
>> Subject: Re: Another reason for Linux.
>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list"<plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 6:44 AM
>>
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2011, at 8:30 PM, keith smith wrote:
>>
>>> Son of Stuxnet? Researchers Warn of Impending Cyber Attack
>>>
>>> Stuxnet was a highly sophisticated computer worm that was discovered
>>> last year and was thought to have successfully targeted and disrupted
>>> systems at a nuclear enrichment plant in Iran.
>>>
>>> http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/stuxnet-returns-duqu-researchers-warn-similar-cyber-attack/story?id=14763854
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Stuxnet is a computer worm discovered in June 2010. It targets
>>> Siemens industrial software and equipment running Microsoft Windows.
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
>>
>>
>> Great summary of the whole Stuxnet saga:
>> http://www.ted.com/talks/ralph_langner_cracking_stuxnet_a_21st_century_cyberweapon.html
>>
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