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A lot of people, myself included, use systems for high security. But their isn't perfect, and their usability isn't, either. In "How Gapped is Your Air?", I discuss airgapped systems, their pros and cons, and surprising ways of getting data to or from them: everything from lines to speakers and microphones. changelog.complete.org/archive

Can you tell I've been thinking about this stuff a lot lately? 🙂

The ChangelogHow Gapped is Your Air?Sometimes we want better-than-firewall security for things. For instance: An industrial control system for a municipal water-treatment plant should never have data come in or out Or, a variant of t…
John Goerzen

Also in that article, I discuss tools like , , , and that can help you carry data to or from sensitive systems without using a traditional network. Also I mention data diodes () - hardware devices that let data flow in only one direction. Interesting ideas there. changelog.complete.org/archive

The ChangelogHow Gapped is Your Air?Sometimes we want better-than-firewall security for things. For instance: An industrial control system for a municipal water-treatment plant should never have data come in or out Or, a variant of t…