  Report links flash drive to Flight 5022          Comments    
Threshold   By Argon18 on 8/23/2010 4:40:05 PM , Rating: -1 The
problem isn't the USB stick. The problem is Windows. Why are
they running a crap desktop consumer OS on mission-critical
flight monitoring computers??? Sounds like retard design to me.
Should be running Linux, UNIX, or an embedded OS for something
so critical as this.  RE: Viruses? By Robear on 8/23/2010
5:04:08 PM , Rating: 4 Every system needs an interface, and
desktop computers are predominantly windows. These systems must
be connected to server systems, and as long as they're connected
they are vulnerable. Although I agree that systems connected to
mission-critical services should be better protected, it's not
uncommon for desktop systems to have USB enabled. It's hard to
tell how this proliferated through the system, but with security
it's always the weakest link, and we just don't know where that
link was.  The virus "Slowed" this system, and the system could
have been Linux or