From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Fri Mar 17 2006 - 20:51:58 PST
...USMC original CARC'ed jerry cans...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick v100" <rickv100@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* Re: [MV] Is Your Cat Infected with a Computer Virus
| Maybe the better title is,
|
| "GL lost my controller card because the RFID on the
| pallet was infected with a computer virus from a
| passing cat which lead me to have to use a trailer
| with questionable GVW to move my dead CUCV which I
| then drove past a bunch of DOT inspectors while also
| carrying USMC original jerry cans" thread.
|
| Rick
|
|
| --- Arthur Bloom <m35prod@optonline.net> wrote:
|
| > Thank you for your apology. It is deeply
| > appreciated.
| >
| > RFID's are used by the military. I have no idea if
| > they use cats. The
| > military used to employ mules, too.
| >
| > It is called the Military Vehicles Mailing List, but
| > you may have missed the
| > memo that has been circulating lo these many years:
| > It is allowed, due to
| > the abandonment of the forum by the List Police, to
| > digress to other
| > non-vehicle-related subjects, as long as there is at
| > least some basic tie-in
| > to the military sciences.
| >
| > There has also been a major enhancement to
| > keyboards. See, for instance, the
| > DELETE key thread.
| >
| > As far as your anti-semantics, to convey data is to
| > convey materiel, et al.
| > It's the paper-less society. RFID's are used,
| > clandestinely, on humans to
| > track them. Their (RFID's) potential misuse was the
| > subject of the article.
| > The humans being tracked are the enemy. The military
| > makes its living
| > killing the enemy. Q.E.D.
| >
| > The word sundry does not mean shaving cream and
| > soap. Shaving cream and soap
| > are some of the sundries that are sold in certain
| > shops that refer to
| > themselves as Sundry Shops, but that reference is
| > dated. The word sundry
| > means "various." All carrots are vegetables, but not
| > all vegetables are
| > carrots, sort of thing.
| >
| > May we now continue talking about the Thieves of GL,
| > glow plug controllers
| > and trailer GVW's? I always find those subjects
| > absolutely fascinating.
| >
| > APB
| >
| >
| >
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
| > To: "'Arthur Bloom'" <m35prod@optonline.net>;
| > "'Military Vehicles Mailing
| > List'" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:44 PM
| > Subject: RE: *SPAM* Re: [MV] Is Your Cat Infected
| > with a Computer Virus
| >
| >
| > | I'm sorry, I thought this was the Military Vehicle
| > Mailing List. You can
| > | call a cat an MV, but it is not. Your reasoning
| > is not logical. MV's are
| > | not for conveying data, but for transportation.
| > Now radio's, they are for
| > | data. Do you have the NSN #'s for the cat with
| > the RFID?
| > | BTW, what are sundry interests? Shaving cream,
| > soap etc.?
| > |
| > |
| > | "Stu" Southern, NH USA
| > | "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of
| > Evils"
| > | MVPA #14790
| > | 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
| > | 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
| > |
| > |
| > |
| > | -----Original Message-----
| > | From: Military Vehicles Mailing List
| > [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
| > Behalf
| > | Of Arthur Bloom
| > | Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:22 PM
| > | To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
| > | Subject: *SPAM* Re: [MV] Is Your Cat Infected with
| > a Computer Virus
| > |
| > | This is a forum that serves people with military
| > vehicle and other sundry
| > | military interests. The article has military
| > significance. The military
| > uses
| > |
| > | RFID's. Since they convey info, they can be
| > considered members of the
| > | smallest family of military vehicle. I found the
| > article fascinating.
| > |
| > | APB
| > |
| > |
| > | ----- Original Message -----
| > | From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
| > | To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
| > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
| > | Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 8:13 PM
| > | Subject: Re: [MV] Is Your Cat Infected with a
| > Computer Virus
| > |
| > |
| > || Now that was on topic. I sure did need to know
| > that.
| > ||
| > || "Stu" Southern, NH USA
| > || "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of
| > Evils"
| > || MVPA #14790
| > || 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
| > || 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
| > ||
| > ||
| > || -----Original Message-----
| > || From: Military Vehicles Mailing List
| > [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
| > | Behalf
| > || Of J. Forster
| > || Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 5:58 PM
| > || To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
| > || Subject: [MV] Is Your Cat Infected with a
| > Computer Virus
| > ||
| > || March 15, 2006
| > ||
| > || Coming Soon: Viruses Spread By RFID Tags
| > ||
| > || By Gregg Keizer Courtesy of TechWeb News
| > ||
| > || Radio frequency identification tags (RFID) can be
| > used
| > || to spread computer viruses and attack middleware
| > || applications and the databases behind them, a
| > group of
| > || Netherlands-based scientists said Wednesday.
| > || At an IEEE' conference on pervasive computing in
| > Pisa,
| > || Italy, Melanie Rieback, a third-year PhD student
| > at
| > || Amsterdam's Vrije Universiteit, presented a paper
| > that
| > || outlined the threat to RFID systems and laid out
| > how
| > || the small amount of memory in a tag -- in some
| > cases
| > || as little as 128 bytes -- could be used to
| > corrupt
| > || databases.
| > ||
| > || RFID tags have been promoted as a more efficient
| > and
| > || economical way of tracking products -- from
| > || manufacturers to end-users -- and have been
| > thought to
| > || be immune from such hacks.
| > ||
| > || Not so, said Rieback, a U.S. citizen who has
| > studied
| > || in the Netherlands for the past five years. "This
| > is a
| > || real threat, and it's going to be a larger threat
| > if
| > || it's not taken care of," she said Wednesday after
| > || presenting her paper "Is Your Cat Infected with a
| > || Computer Virus?"
| > ||
| > || Once a hacker has created a miniature virus --
| > and
| > || perhaps planted a malicious tag on a product in
| > store
| > || -- the attack begins as soon as the RFID tag is
| > || scanned. Attacks on middleware and the back-end
| > || databases, she said, could take the form of
| > buffer
| > || overflows, code insertions, and SQL injections (a
| > type
| > || of specialized code insertion that tricks a
| > database
| > || into running SQL code).
| > ||
| > || To combat such attacks, middleware and database
| > || creators -- including big names like Oracle and
| > SAP --
| > || must harden their products to account for viral
| > || infections.
| > ||
| > || "We wanted to get the message out," she added.
| > "Now
| > || they have warning."
| > ||
| > || Viruses could spread from tag to database, then
| > to
| > || other tags in settings where RFID chips are
| > written
| > || to, leading to scenarios where one incoming
| > malicious
| > || tag leads to a factory sending out millions of
| > || infected chips to its customers.
| > ||
| > || "There are real-world consequences here," said
| > || Rieback. "Some car plants use tags on chassis to
| > || identify what color the car is to be painted. If
| > a
| > || virus instructs the database to write tags that
| > tell
| > || [the machinery to] switch colors, you're talking
| > about
| > || destroying cars."
| > ||
| > || Andrew Tanenbaum, Rieback's supervising professor
| > at
| > || Vrije Universiteit, had even more dire attacks in
| > || mind.
| > ||
| > || "In an airport that's tagging luggage [with RFID
| > || chips], drug smugglers would love for their bags
| > to
| > || disappear," said Tanenbaum. "It would make it
| > that
| > || much harder for any AI used by the airport or
| > customs
| > || to spot suspicious bags."
| > || Likewise, terrorists might be able to circumvent
| > || RFID-based security measures -- such as those
| > planned
| > || to track shipping containers -- or evade
| > bomb-sniffing
| > || systems, such as the one set to debut this spring
| > at
| > || Las Vegas' McCarran International Airport, where
| > tags
| > || will be used to verify that bags have been
| > checked for
| > || explosives.
| > ||
| > || Viruses on tags can cross borders with ease, said
| > || Rieback. Although RFID tags use
| > locally-determined
| > || frequencies to transmit data, there are
| > widely-used
| > || international standards. A product marked in
| > Germany
| > || with a malformed tag might be able to infect
| > systems
| > || in the U.S., although the virus itself would
| > likely be
| > || middleware- or database specific.
| > ||
| > || "But that's not a problem," said Tanenbaum.
| > "Back-end
| > || vendors are usually public knowledge. When a
| > customer
| > || signs with an RFID vendor, both usually issue
| > press
| > || releases."
| > ||
| > || Rieback's presentation included a
| > proof-of-concept
| > || virus created by a masters-level student of the
| > || university, Patrick Simpson, to demonstrate the
| > || attack.
| > ||
| > || "If we didn't [create a proof-of-concept exploit]
| > no
| > || one will believe us," Tanenbaum said. "The RFID
| > || middleware makers, they'll all deny that there's
| > a
| > || problem." he continued.
| > ||
| > || "The surprising thing about this all is how easy
| > it
| > || was to write a virus," he said. "It took Patrick
| > just
| > || four hours."
| > ||
| > || "This is a wake-up call," concluded Tanenbaum.
| > ||
| > || **********
| > ||
| > || Again, thanks to JP
| > ||
| > ||
| > ||
| > ||
| > ||
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