[clug] Secure your Internet facing stuff (was Re: googlebot doing funny things in logs)

Sam Couter sam at couter.id.au
Fri Jun 17 02:21:34 MDT 2011


Jason <j.lee.nielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Banking and stock markets are vulnerable I can see that because they need interaction with humans all over the world but really why is anything to do with water or electricity supply on the internet?

I imagine for the same reason anything else is hooked up to the
internet: Easy and convenient remote access. Some water and electricity
infrastructure is remote enough and in tough enough terrain that it's
difficult (expensive) to physically get to on a regular basis.
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