From: Dossy (dossy@panoptic.com)
Date: Wed Jul 03 2002 - 20:59:07 MDT
On 2002.07.03, Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de> wrote:
> I mean,
> *I* could have done the same easily--except that in my country the
> telco infrastructure was not as insanely insecure.
If "your country" is the one your email implies, Germany, then yes, your
telco infrastructure was as insanely insecure, perhaps only slightly
differently.
Do they still use C5 for dialtone there?
> I suspect, and in fact the article quoted above says so itself,
> that we are dealing with a similar situation here. Apparently many
> satellite systems are simply not secured at all. Anybody with a
> bit of equipment, some time, and desire to play at hand can take
> over. If people start making an actual annoyance of themselves in
> this respect, security is likely to improve rather quickly. Also,
> sending strong radio signals is contraindicated if you are trying
> to stay hidden. Just ask Dzhokhar Dudayev.
I'm just waiting for someone to start the first SRC -- er, Satellite
Relay Chat. ;-)
Of course, the latency would probably get frustrating, but considering
how fraught with Denial of Service attacks EFnet's had, performance
profile of SRC wouldn't be far off ...
-- Dossy
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"He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
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