[Chapter-delegates] [Internet Policy] 'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack (was RE: Hack http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37738823)

Mon Oct 24 09:00:11 PDT 2016

Bill,

thanks - great reminder. A Monty Python scene would have the voiceover
"it's a sign!"

Richard, i may be in a bad moment but I guess you are hinting at a detailed
causation chain that is not explicit.

It looks like you mean to say "this wouldn't have happened if every country
had signed the ITRs." How do we go from the signing to no-DDoS?

Alejandro Pisanty

On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 9:23 AM, Bill Smith <wc.smith at me.com> wrote:

> ITRs == 42
>
> On Oct 24, 2016, at 2:11 AM, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear Alejandro,
>
>
> Thank you for these pertinent questions, which, I presume, are directed to
> everybody on this list.
>
>
>
> Speaking for myself, I, as no doubt others on this list, have been
> responsible for the security of various computer installations and
> telecommunications networks and, in that capacity, have striven to ensure
> that proper security measures are taken.  I’ve also striven to explain
> security risks and counter-measures, both to management and end-users, and
> at one point I gave security trainings.
>
>
>
> As an individual user, I do change the default passwords on the equipment
> that I buy (not doing so is apparently the main weakness that is exploited
> by the recent DDOS attacks).
>
>
>
> Now that I am an activist, I have argued for more cooperation to improve
> security and, as you know, I still think that it is a pity that not all
> states agreed to Article 6 of the 2012 ITRs, which states:
>
>
>
> “Member States shall individually and collectively endeavour to ensure the
> security and robustness of international telecommunication networks in
> order to achieve effective use thereof and avoidance of technical harm
> thereto, as well as the harmonious development of international
> telecommunication services offered to the public.”
>
>
>
> But I know that not everybody on this list agrees with me regarding the
> ITRs, so we can agree to disagree.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> *From:* Alejandro Pisanty [mailto:apisanty at gmail.com <apisanty at gmail.com>]
>
> *Sent:* dimanche, 23. octobre 2016 18:48
> *To:* Richard Hill
> *Cc:* Glenn McKnight; ISOC Chapter Delegates; ISOC INTERNETPOLICY
> *Subject:* Re: [Internet Policy] 'Smart' home devices used as weapons in
> website attack (was RE: [Chapter-delegates] Hack http://www.bbc.com/news/
> technology-37738823)
>
>
>
> Richard,
>
>
>
> 1. how would you make it different?
>
>
>
> 2. how would you have made it different?
>
>
>
> 3. how did you try to make it different?
>
>
>
> Yours,
>
>
>
> Alejandro Pisanty
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 2:20 AM, Richard Hill <rhill at hill-a.ch> wrote:
>
> Dear Glenn,
>
>
>
> Thank you very much for this, which I am cross-posting to the Internet
> Policy list.  Such attacks have been reported before, and this article
> provides a very good summary.
>
>
>
> I love the quip at the end: "In a relatively short time we've taken a
> system built to resist destruction by nuclear weapons and made it
> vulnerable to toasters," said Jeff Jarmoc, head of security for global
> business service Salesforce.
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> *From:* Chapter-delegates [mailto:chapter-delegates-
> bounces at elists.isoc.org] *On Behalf Of *Glenn McKnight
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 23, 2016 00:27
> *To:* ISOC Chapter Delegates
> *Subject:* [Chapter-delegates] Hack http://www.bbc.com/news/
> technology-37738823
>
>
> 'Smart' home devices used as weapons in website attack
>
>
>
> http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37738823
>
>
> Glenn McKnight
> mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
> skype  gmcknight
> twitter gmcknight
> .
>
>
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