Felder clarifies whether update was software or hardware on firewalls
Council Member Felder asks whether the update was to software or hardware, noting both terms were used in testimony. Gelobter explains firewalls are physical hardware that run software/firmware, and this was a firmware update on the firewalls. Felder then asks about Verizon and T-Mobile's roles.
Okay, a few more questions from me.
So in the testimony, CTO, you testified that during the overnight hours of Monday, August 17th to Tuesday, August 18th, Motorola performed a software upgrade.
that was deemed necessary and identified as routine to the firewalls in the routing environment located in PSAC 2.
Then it says, it is normal and intentional to apply updates to the hardware at PSAC.
So my clarifying question is, was it a software update or a hardware update?
Because both are stated.
Can you explain?
The difference.
Yes, thank you for the question.
Firewalls are physical pieces of hardware.
They run software, right?
So to actually make them operate, it is software that sits on top of machines in the same way you have an OS on your computer.
So in the software updates, only firewalls were updated?
This was an update to firmware on the firewalls.
And sorry, yeah, firmware and software.
Firmware on the firewalls.
Okay, perfect.
In your testimony, you also mentioned Verizon.