Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Sarkar, Surajit" <[email protected]> · Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:37:24 -0500

Normally one would like to keep everything open source for all the well known
benefits.

How ever with the number of different facilities utilizing EPICS for controls,
the possibility of information freely available being utilized to evaluate the
possibility of, or facilitate a cyber attack on these installations should be
considered. If there is any concern then may be the policy should be adjusted.

The cat, so to speak, has been out of the bag for a long time, but may be it
might be necessary to reel it in some what, or at least be aware of where it is
roaming around.

Surajit

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 10:53 AM
To: Sarkar, Surajit
Cc: EPICS tech-talk; [email protected]
Subject: Re: epics on launchpad!

On Thursday 14 January 2010 09:16:17 Sarkar, Surajit wrote:
> May be that should change. A lot of facilities are using it and probably
> more will be - why make available all details to any one without at least
> some check as to who is requesting the information.

What purpose would that serve?

http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php

See criterion 5.

- Andrew
-- 
The best FOSS code is written to be read by other humans -- Harald Welte

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Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

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