[Gllug] Anti-virus

Vidar Hokstad vidar at hokstad.name
Wed Oct 23 10:01:50 UTC 2002


On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 10:49, Mark Lowes wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 10:24, John Hearns wrote:
> > Mark Lowes wrote:
> > > Maybe it's time for me to disconnect from the network so I can have a
> > > nice secure setup.
> > Nah, that's not secure enough.
> > I read somewhere that at Lawrence Livermore Labs they have a viewing gallery
> > which overlooks
> > the computer hall.
> > The windows can be turned opaque at the flick of a switch - which happens when
> > classified
> > codes are being run.
> 
> Ok so windowless room, ability to isolate phone and powercables from
> their live networks, run the machine on UPS, make sure all doors are
> locked from the inside with no ability to unlock from the outside...
> what did I miss :)

A window less room won't help you much unless you also tempest proof it
:-) (or someone with the appropriate equipment can pick up the
electromagnetic emissions from your screen and reconstruct the image)

Vidar






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