Re: Fun with (In)Security

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Agreed.

Having said that (and also knowing the dangers of mentioning
"movie plot" scenarios), there was a rather good movie that I watched
on TV a couple of months ago called "Dirty War" about a dirty bomb
detonated in the London financial district. For anyone interesed,
the plot:

[snip]

After years of meticulous planning, a terrorist operation is reaching its final stages. The authorities have received 
no intelligence; they are in a race against time but don't yet know it. As the operation unfolds, we see the working 
lives of men and women directly affected by terrorism.

[snip]

 http://imdb.com/title/tt0427157/

- ferg



-- Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu> wrote:

--On January 28, 2006 9:21:43 PM +0000 Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

> Personally, I believe a 'dirty bomb' is much more realistic.
That's probably true.  The major problem that has to be overcome is weight. 
The radioactive material has to be encased in lead.  To get a quantity 
sufficient to do major damage would require heavy equipment (large trucks) 
and lift equipment to implant the device.  This could be done, but doing it 
without being detected somewhere along the way would be tricky.

> And the results could be pretty tragic...
That depends on a great deal of factors - wind speed and direction, time of 
day, population density, etc., etc.  There are many logistical problems to 
overcome and each one increases the risk of exposure before detonation.

Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
University of Texas at Dallas
AVIEN Founding Member
http://www.utdallas.edu/

--
"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
 Engineering Architecture for the Internet
 fergdawg () netzero net or fergdawg () sbcglobal net
 ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/


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