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potential security issues with embedded systems?
From: Kyle Barger <kbarger () LTSP EDU>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:42:22 -0500
The recent story about Diebold teller machines being hit by the Nachi worm started me thinking. In the past few months I've seen demonstrations of a PBX system and of a "one card" debitcard/building access system that were both based on Windows. We all know what we've had to deal with in terms of security issues for Windows as a server and desktop OS. What has the track record been for embedded systems that use Windows? Is this enough of a concern to take such products out of the running for future consideration? What about other operating systems? If I buy a firewall appliance that's built on Linux, should I worry about how fast the vendor will be releasing firmware upgrades to handle Linux security issues that crop up? Any experiences or thoughts are appreciated. -- Kyle Barger Manager of Computing & Telecom Services kbarger () ltsp edu The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Discussion Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/cg/.
Current thread:
- potential security issues with embedded systems? Kyle Barger (Dec 11)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Paul Russell (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? H. Morrow Long (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Gary Flynn (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Scott Bradner (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Cal Frye (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Jere Retzer (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Randy Marchany (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Jack Suess (Dec 11)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Dewitt Latimer (Dec 12)
- Re: potential security issues with embedded systems? Scott Bradner (Dec 12)
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