Of course linux apps that is... Lynn On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:20 PM, unixprgrmr01@gmail.com < unixprgrmr01@gmail.com> wrote: > The question we need to ask ourselves is what apps are out there that would > do the same jobs better, cheaper, and above all more securely? Is there an > entrepreneurial opportunity here? > > Lynn > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > >> 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 wrote: >>>> >>>> From: Alex Dean >>>> Subject: Re: Another reason for Linux. >>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" >>>> > >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > Lynn P. Tilby > UNIX Consultant > Ph: 480 632-8633 > unixprgrmr01@gmail.com > > -- Best Regards, Lynn P. Tilby UNIX Consultant Ph: 480 632-8633 unixprgrmr01@gmail.com