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Most of those really old devices are usually air-gaped from the internet for incidental reasons. Either they run on closed networks or have no networking at all
by elzbardico 3y ago
Most of those really old devices are usually air-gaped from the internet for incidental reasons. Either they run on closed networks or have no networking at all.
You're not going to find a 30 years old machine that controls the pumps of nuclear reactor on the internet.
- spoiler 3y agoBut if these machines are so isolated, and given they've been running with the "if it ain't broken" mindset: why, and more importantly how do they even get updated? If they aren't being updated, why discuss constraints on updating them?
- elzbardico 3y agoI bet they don't get updated, ever.
- mschuster91 3y ago> You're not going to find a 30 years old machine that controls the pumps of nuclear reactor on the internet. Stuxnet would like to have a word with you. Airgap isn't enough to prevent malware from spreading.