Re: Presidential Internet Kill Switch

["Larry Seltzer" <larry () larryseltzer com>]

Funny, I'm reminded of the book/movie 2010
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086837/), the sequel to 2001 (that had to
suck no matter how good it was, because it couldn't compare to 2001).
They sent out another ship like the one that had failed because HAL went
nuts and they put in a kill switch, a little guillotine, that the
commander (Roy Scheider) could use to decapitate SAL, the
HAL-counterpart in ship #2, in case it also went psycho. 

"2010"... Dude, its' too much to be a coincidence.

I imagine most people figure there's some wire somewhere that could be
cut. Let's hope Al-Qaeda never finds it!

Larry Seltzer
Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
larry_seltzer () ziffdavis com 
http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/


-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Adriel T. Desautels
Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 11:16 AM
To: chris () blask org
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org; rMslade () shaw ca
Subject: Re: [funsec] Presidential Internet Kill Switch

glad someone got my point. :)


On Sep 22, 2009, at 11:04 PM, chris () blask org wrote:

> On Tue, 9/22/09, Adriel T. Desautels <ad_lists () netragard com> wrote:
>
> > Right,
> >     So what happens when someone pwns the switch?
>
> There is no switch.
>
> There never will be a switch.
>
> "Switches", in this context, are as likely as monkeys flying out of  
> Gadi's posterior.  Precisely for the reason stated by Adriel above  
> (as well as being completely idiotic and logistically impossible).
>
> What is more likely is that some sort of system of coordination will  
> develop wherein the federal government will be to some extent  
> capable of contacting private network owners (which includes most  
> 'traditional' critical infrastructure as well) and directing as much  
> as reasonably possible response to widespread cybersecurity issues.
>
> Look out.  The gummit is coming to give us all vasectomies...
>
> -chris



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