[EAS] : Fallout Over False Alert Continues

[Bill Ruck]

Adrienne,

"Obscurity is not security".  The Nevada plans should be public 
information and can be found.

In the People's Republic of California they are all on line.

http://www.calema.ca.gov/Search/Results.aspx?k=eas%20plan

The state plan describes the State Relay Network and the radio system 
called California Law Enforcement Relay System (CLERS).  Any scanner 
resource lists the CLERS frequencies.

(Note: Last year the CLERS network was unfunded.  But the plan has 
not changed and my guess is that CLERS receivers are still in service 
and connected to EAS decoders as required by the plan.  The state 
plan also doesn't mention CAP.)

How EAS works is completely explained in FCC R&R Part 11, readily 
available from the Government Printing Office website.

My guess is the only reason why there haven't been obvious hacks is 
that there is no money involved.

The issue is not IF but WHEN.

Bill Ruck
San Francisco