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Crashing an In-Flight Entertainment System

Posted by kdawson on from the stress-testing dept.

rabblerouzer writes "Hugh Thompson, who was interviewed by Slashdot on the dangers of e-voting, now has a cool blog entry on how he was able to bring down the gaming/movie console on an airplane. He calls it one of the most interesting examples of a software 'abuse case' he has ever seen." Fortunately the IFE system is totally disjoint from the avionics.

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  1. Re:Not a big surprise by Detritus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't have to be an "attack", it can be something as simple as a stuck switch or a book placed on top of a keyboard. On an airplane, you have to consider the two-year-old who wants to play with the pretty buttons.

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  2. Hm. by JoshJ · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm not so sure I'd want to put my name out there as "the guy who brought down the computers on a plane". He'll be lucky not to land on the no-fly list, I think.

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  3. Re:Err by ikkonoishi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    20.

    Since 100 is an average IQ then the opposite of a number 80 points above average would be a number 80 points below average.

  4. Re:There is a NAME for the bug... by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ``Dam lazy programmers not using Assert() these days... :)''

    Because we all know that the constraint that you got wrong in the actual code will be correct in the assert. Right? Right?!

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