[EAS] Password cracking basics

[Clay Freinwald]

Responding to ...

> The problem is not the box.  The problem is using the internet ...

Precisely.  And the Internet is not a reliable method for emergency message
delivery given the massive probabilities some portion of this public medium
will be inoperative during a disaster such as Hurricane Sandy or even a
lesser hurricane due to lack of power for your ISP.

A couple of thoughts - 

1- We don't have any system that can duplicate the ability of the Internet
and it's abilities - If we did, I'm sure that we'd be using it.

2 - Our Country is broke - and we don't have the money to duplicate what the
Internet can do and replace it with a private/closed system.

3-  Had we not used the Internet, everyone that has been involved with the
creation of this EAS system would have been 'strung up' for not doing so.

4-  Seems to me that those that have connected their equipment to the world
of hacking - without adequate precautions - are the ones to blame.

5 - This is like not locking the door on your house and when an, unwanted,
stranger comes in being critical of the fact that there are streets leading
to your house!

Clay Freinwald
WaState SECC