, SecurityFocus 2004-08-18
It's a tale Tom Clancy might have written. From their lair in distant Romania, shadowy cyber extortionists penetrate the computers controlling the life support systems at an Antarctic research station, confronting the 58 scientists and contractors wintering over at the remote post with the sudden prospect of an icy death. After some twists and turns, the researchers are saved in the fourth act by an international law enforcement effort led by FBI agents wielding a controversial, but misunderstood, federal surveillance law.
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"This is a message from earth to earth, do you copy?"
I just had to imagine, how we would go about "Cyber-Security" in the "real" space, e.g. when you have networks on Mars and a lagging of 7 hours (or was ist 14?) between SYN and SYN ACK.
Obviously, only asynchronous communication would be possible (mail), but that in itself doesn't rule out attacks, as the present situation on earth shows.
A good idea to start of would be to ban Outlook and Windows on Mars ;-)
Rainer
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