Cracking the GPS Galileo Satellite

Glyn writes "Newswise is reporting the the encryption in the Galileo GPS signal has been broken. The pseudo random number generator used to obscure the information stored in the Galileo GPS signal has been broken. From the article: 'Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes secret. That means free access for consumers who use navigation devices -- including handheld receivers and systems installed in vehicles -- that need PRNs to listen to satellites.'"

Comments

Re:uncrackable encryption

[Nutria]

I fact, that is pretty much the only attack that will work against a correct implementation of OTP

Rubber-hose decryption works well, too.

Re:Galileo != GPS

[Professor_UNIX]

I'd be nice if we could use something different to distingish between "some" GPS and the "American" GPS.

To paraphrase Michael Bolton, "Why doesn't he change his name, he's the one that sucks!"

Re:uncrackable encryption

[arivanov]

So does Sodium Pentothal though sometimes there are decryption errors. If there is more time there is a guaranteed decryption scheme known as "heroin once a day for a week, followed no more heroin until you tell the key".

Re:Encryption

[cptgrudge]

The paper is wrong. It says so on Slashdot.