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Vulnerability of Telco Switching Equipment
call -151 writes: "Interesting New York times article about the Sept 11th attacks' effect
on the Verizon switches in lower Manhattan. Turns out there
was a problem in that much of the network switching was in one
building and it has taken a while to restore service. Sounds like there
is lots of pondering about the vulnerability of the network,
even when it is distributed across many physical locations.
Of course the attacks are making lots of people rethink their
vulnerabilities, but the estimate is for five years' work before there
could be redundant paths for the lines into their switches in
the one building, with no plans to spend the money to do it.
Maybe someone should send them a few hundred thousand 'self-install'
kits like they do with their DSL service ..."
As you all know, Americans are already on alert for any possible bioterror attacks. Unfortunately there is a new, much more worrisome threat out there now.
If you receive an e-mail message from an unfamiliar person, DO NOT OPEN IT!!! It may contain ANTHRAX, which will be blown into your room via your computer's fan.
Experts at the CDC agree that this is probably the most effective and deadly way of spreading biological agents, and all Americans are urged to be cautious.
If you get a message that seems suspicious, IMMEDIATELY TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER and call 911. The police will need to investigate whether the message contains anthrax or another biological or chemical weapon.
Subject headers that should be treated as suspicious include:
Make money fast
Free XXX hot pics
Virus alert!
or variations of the above. Also, anything from a user called 'listserv' at any domain should be considered dangerous.
Protect yourself! Call 911 if you encounter any of these e-mail messages, or any others that you don't trust!
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But nobody will fly a Boeing product into the primary exchange, because we have defeated the Evil h4xx0rZ with the USA act! Now we can stop them from posting their '1337' encrypted messages to all their terrorist buddies!
Just out of curiosity, did the USA Act make it illegal to fly a plane into a skyscraper, or is that still OK?
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