Kirt Cathey, NH2GX, JG1FXZ » Satellite http://www.sysrisk.com Security, Electronics, and Tech from Japan Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:38:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Some Starting To Look At Satellite Comms… http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=121 http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=121#comments Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:13:36 +0000 admin http://www.sysrisk.com/?p=121 It was refreshing to check email last week to find that an European client has initiated an RFP process that will lead to hiring some experts to review the security of their satellite communications. Back in the day, everybody was saying, it’s a satellite link so we don’t have to worry about encryption.
Those days have been long, long over, but despite that situation, I hardly see anybody reviewing satellite communications for security holes. It seems practicable since POS data, credit card clearing data, SCADA, RFID product tracking, and a bunch of other juicy information travels via satellite.
Well, you can guess who raised their hand for working on that RFP! So here I am getting ready for a conference call with a European counterpart to prepare for the proposal. Really am looking forward to this one….

Was tinkering with Mixi (the Japanese social networking site) last night and decided I needed an icon to go with my online name – Musen Yagi. In Japanese, ‘musen’ means wireless and ‘yagi’ means goat. This name has a couple of meanings. First, it goes well with climbing mountains and using radio equipment, and since goats are typically mountain climbers, I thought that would be a good fit. Next Yagi is the name of a high gain, directional antenna design developed in Japan that is used all over the world – another good fit! Anyway, here is what I came up with (so far) for a logo. Tried not to infringe on copyright where possible.
Wireless Goat

Wireless Goat

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