[Info-vax] OpenVMS x64 Atom project

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 6/4/21 2:35 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 6/4/2021 2:11 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
>> On 6/4/21 2:02 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>>> Anybody that stores important data on an internet facing system is 
>>> just asking for it to be "shared".
>>
>> In an academic environment systems facing the Internet are a way
>> of life.  They can be seucred as can the whole environment.  But
>> that doesn't change the fact that systems not needing to face the
>> Internet shouldn't.  And things like SCADA systems controlling
>> things like gas pipelines, water systems or electrical grids fall
>> into that category.
> 
> The problem is that not internet-facing is not the same as
> not attackable via internet.
> 
> The indirect route is common today.
> 
> The Iranian SCADA systems controlling uranium enrichment centrifuges
> was not on the internet, but StuxNet got through anyway.
> 

DOD fixed that by putting epoxy in the USB ports.

bill