Eric Murray wrote:
Food for thought and grounds for further research:
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List-Post: mailto:bugtraq@securityfocus.com List-Help: mailto:bugtraq-help@securityfocus.com List-Unsubscribe: mailto:bugtraq-unsubscribe@securityfocus.com List-Subscribe: mailto:bugtraq-subscribe@securityfocus.com Delivered-To: mailing list bugtraq@securityfocus.com Delivered-To: moderator for bugtraq@securityfocus.com From: "Bernie, CTA" Organization: HCSIN To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:09:12 -0400 Subject: Re: CNN: 'Explores Possibility that Power Outage is Related to Internet Worm' Priority: normal In-reply-to: <1a6301c362b2$03178680$6401a8c0@satan> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.11) It is ridiculous to accept that a lightning strike could knock out the grid, or the transmission system is over stressed. There are many redundant fault, limit and Voltage-Surge Protection safeguards and related instrumentation and switchgear installed at the distribution centers and sub stations along the Power Grid that would have tripped to prevent or otherwise divert such a major outage.
Yeah, ridiculous. So who remembers what caused the last major power outage in NY? (Hint: it wasn't _one_ lightning strike). -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff