[AfrICANN-discuss] The world is moving gradually towards cyber war

[Nii Narku Quaynor]

Dr

You perhaps need to learn to focus on an issue at a time....we are geeks :)

My earlier post on boko haram was to caution that our list was open thus not the place to discuss the details of a particular LEA target. Those, I pointed, are best discussed in other communities eg ccCERT, africaCERT, LEA, AfGWG etc lists. That remains my point of view

However, I deliberately provoked a discussion of best practices and guidelines as beneficial to the list which you have confirmed was beneficial

Let's keep it that way

Nii

On Oct 24, 2012, at 21:56, Dr Yassin Mshana <ymshana2003 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Douglas,
> 
> Thank you for this.
> 
> I am glad to have learnt something today. It seems that the limitations are a advantage  when it comes to security issues which can not be discussed in the Open. 
> Security is Secret therefore one does not have to answer Questions in the open (Oga Nii I am sorry there - no answers on security issues) the fact is in the laboratory everything is open but when it comes to security practice things are different!
> 
> While on this, our Dr El was asking openly about what is at risk - I do not think an answer could come out in the open just like that - I am pleased the Answers came out the way they were posted.
> 
> Bottom line is, DO NOT TRUST anyone on Security Issues - that is the way I see it. Otherwise, better stay in the Laboratories and not in the open world full a mixture of different 'Characters'.
> 
> I do not mean to offend anyone no do I have to apologize to anyone when it comes to those issues. Please keep let us Security issues Secure and on Need to Know Basis.
> 
> BTW I have no security mandate - I am just a beneficiary and user of what we have and out to promote development in this area of economic activity. I would like to maintain my uncompromising position by being Truthfully African! 
> 
> May I ask my colleagues to feel free to say anything to my opinion as they wish - I will respect all that - thank you in advance.
> 
> Well done one and all - Aluta continua!!
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Yassin 
> 
>  
> 
> On 24 October 2012 20:14, Douglas Onyango <ondouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Nii,
> On 24 October 2012 14:04, Nii Narku Quaynor <quaynor at ghana.com> wrote:
> > Is the SA Electric grid SCADA connected to Internet ?
> I am not sure about SA, but I know about Uganda :-) (where I am from).
> The SCADA system isn't supposed to be connected to the Internet ---
> but you and I know it is idealistic to think this guideline is being
> followed.
> 
> All to often networks supposed to be offline have been compromised by
> poor network configurations that allowed access to supposedly offline
> networks segments connected to online segments.
> 
> A case in point is Stuxnet in Iran's case. The worm didn't use the
> Internet to propagate; instead: ignorance, social engineering and a
> host of other techniques were used very successfully to infect
> computers and networks that were not supposed to be connected online.
> 
> I guess the take away here is that: it take more than just putting a
> computer/network offline to secure it from cyber attacks.
> 
> Regards,
> --
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