Re:Air gaps never exist (2011)
by specialist on Friday December 04, 2015 @06:27PM
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as time passes and systems evolve there will be constant pressure from within and without to re-establish a network connection somewhere
Thank you.
Proponents of electronic voting and tabulation (eg central count of physical ballots) enthuse about security, air-gapping, data diodes, etc.
Alas, it's turtles all the way down. Dig deep enough and you'll expose the fiction.
Then you're in the trap of explaining technology to policy makers, testifying against trained bureaucrats supported by an army of vendor sales minions defending their cheddar.
Thank you.
Proponents of electronic voting and tabulation (eg central count of physical ballots) enthuse about security, air-gapping, data diodes, etc.
Alas, it's turtles all the way down. Dig deep enough and you'll expose the fiction.
Then you're in the trap of explaining technology to policy makers, testifying against trained bureaucrats supported by an army of vendor sales minions defending their cheddar.
You can't win.
It's nutty making.