[PLUG] Serious linux malware

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu Aug 20 23:51:25 UTC 2020


On Thu, 20 Aug 2020, Ben Koenig wrote:

> Military and government use cases often implement systems for 10 years at
> a minimum. The average lifespan for a typical helicopter is ~40 years (and
> yes, helicopters have computers too). For consumer and military airplanes
> this could be even longer.

Ben,

Consider how long B-52s and C-130s have been flying. They've probably been
upgraded to Windows 8 by now. :-)

> So let's set aside our fancy 5.x kernels and ask a very serious question:
> Which kernel version is running the machines used to tally votes in
> November?

Depends on the state or county, doesn't it?

Stay well,

Rich



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