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private non-IP protocol network?
By NotAboveTheLaw on 7/8/2010 1:35:55 PM , Rating: 2
Not sure why the power grid or anything that is not meant for public access on the internet. There are other less used, less understood protocols that can be used that most people would not have access to from their PC's. Seems like the power grid should be on their own private network. The Internet is not made to be secure so don't use this excuse to invade my privacy. Fix your own network by using a private network and/or different protocol or sub it out to someone who knows how to do this. That goes for the Federal government networks also. This is an excuse to try to take over the communications similar to what Hugh Chavez did.

RE: private non-IP protocol network?
By NotAboveTheLaw on 7/8/2010 1:43:59 PM , Rating: 2
I meant Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela.

RE: private non-IP protocol network?
By Master Kenobi (blog) on 7/8/2010 6:23:20 PM , Rating: 2
You would need to write something new from the ground up, and then who would support it? The costs to have such a specialized network would be quite insane. Easier and cheaper to set up an isolated one without external network access and call it a day.

By JonnyDough on 7/9/2010 2:31:44 PM , Rating: 2
Agreed. Does anyone else feel that the energy/defense infrastructures ought to be more updated already? They must be quite highly inefficient by today's standards. It just seems that change is costly in the short term, and scary to management. Implementation of new major systems is not usually a perfectly smooth process either. Its no surprise that it takes the energy sector/DOD a long time to get around to making these updates. Its actually a bit sad that it would require recent (perceived?) security threats to update outdated and inefficient computer and network systems.

