Don't be lulled into complacency by a private network: all it takes is one thumb-drive or rogue AP and you have a back door. Private networks reduce but do not eliminate attackable surface.
David Barak Sent from a mobile device, please forgive autocorrection. On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:04 AM, Warren Bailey <wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com> wrote: > An Internet kill switch is a nightmare. We can't even figure out how to run a > relay radio system for national emergencies.. Now we are going to assume the > people who were owned can somehow shut off communications? > > We as Americans have plenty of things we have done halfass.. I hope an > Internet kill switch doesn't end up being one of them. Build your own private > networks, you can't get rooted if someone can't knock. Simple as that. > > > From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network. > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Zaid Ali Kahn <z...@zaidali.com> > Date: 02/19/2013 10:44 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: Kyle Creyts <kyle.cre...@gmail.com> > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: NYT covers China cyberthreat > > > We have done our part to China as well along with other countries in state > sponsored "hacking". This is more of news amusement rather than news worthy. > Question here should be how much of this is another effort to get a "kill > switch" type bill back. > > Zaid > > On Feb 19, 2013, at 10:10 PM, Kyle Creyts <kyle.cre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> quite a bit of coverage lately from the media. >> >> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323764804578313101135258708.html >> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-21505803 >> http://www.npr.org/2013/02/19/172373133/report-links-cyber-attacks-on-u-s-to-chinas-military >> http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-14/a-chinese-hackers-identity-unmasked >> >> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 7:23 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@baylink.com> wrote: >>> >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/technology/chinas-army-is-seen-as-tied-to-hacking-against-us.html?pagewanted=all >>> -- >>> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Kyle Creyts >> >> Information Assurance Professional >> BSidesDetroit Organizer >> > > >