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Message-ID: <20041116192539.GD13940@mail>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 14:25:39 -0500
From: David Maxwell <david@...f.net>
To: Jason Coombs <jasonc@...ence.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Airport x-ray software creating images of phantom weapons?


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Jason Coombs wrote:
> Software glitch in security scanner at Miami airport 'projected the image of a weapon' that didn't exist
> http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/nat_world/111304_APnat_airport.html
> 
> Why are we replacing perfectly good analog video displays with computer-generated displays for security-related data??
> 
> Haven't enough people learned yet that whenever you digitize something you render it unreal and vulnerable?
> 
> Stupid, stupid, stupid.

The purpose is to test that the operators are catching the images.

Reports are generated at month end on how many false-positives were
discovered.

The problem in this case, is that the operator must not have been
trained to handle the situation properly, since they could have quickly
determined that it was an intentional false-positive, instead of a real
threat.

-- 
David Maxwell, david@....net|david@...well.net --> The only difference I see
between voodoo and marketing research is that voodoo sometimes works! 
						- Leonard Stern 

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