From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Thu Aug 22 2002 - 21:16:03 MDT
On Thursday, August 22, 2002, at 09:03 pm, Mike Lorrey wrote:
> I am actually surprised that none of the security professionals
> squawking on the idiot box has made any kind of a public stink about
> how easy it is for people to learn to fly 'big iron' like 747 and other
> aircraft on the computer these days.
Security by obscurity doesn't work. Neither does trying to suppress
information. Real security professionals know this. All the people
complaining about too much information being on the Internet are more
likely to be politicians rather than real security experts. It is
easier to protect airports from skilled pilots than to try to suppress
all unauthorized pilots around the world. A basic risk analysis will
show that the latter is not feasible.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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