Please – no “telnet” to the vehicle barrier
ASIS 2010 Annual Conference/Exhibition, Dallas Texas. Yep. Went to Dallas. Went to the show. So some good things (vendors actually using syslog, managed switches being demonstrated.) Saw some things I’m not thrilled with (proprietary protocols used with encryption, serial to ethernet converter products (in 2010 !!!) Is this marketplace getting more network-clueful? Yes? Is it still of concern? Yes. The technology available this year in the ASIS exhibition hall can do wonderful things. It can also be deployed in astoundingly insecure ways. It’s a curious mix of decades-old technology (did I mention a serial-to-ethernet converter, on sale in 2010 ???) and people walking around asking for IPv6. I do feel safer knowing that vehicle barriers big enough to stop a truck are available today. I hope that the integrator who deploys that applies the finest workmanship to that collection of Allen-Bradley ethernet-attached process control electronics huddled in the metal housing on the side of the unit. Don’t make me ask if you can telnet into the vehicle barrier…