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Meshnet Digital Armor To Protect Tanks
An anonymous reader writes "General Dynamics Canada and Secure Computing have partnered to develop Meshnet, a hardware/software firewall designed to protect networks and digital devices inside tanks and other military vehicles from hostile computer and virus attacks. Without adequate protection a tech savvy enemy can infiltrate networks, manipulate information, and deny crews the data they need to participate in modern warfare. Exactly such an event happened last year to an Israeli crew, when hackers from Hezbollah eavesdropped on their communications. 'The system uses Secure Computing's off-the-shelf Sidewinder Security Appliance ... Sidewinder consolidates all major Internet security functions into a single system, providing "best-of-breed" antivirus and spyware network protection "against all types of threats, both known and unknown," according to Secure Computing.'"
What did tank crews do before FBW and computer-aided targetting?
Oh, that's right, they used their EYES. And fuck me if they ever missed (they didn't). They could read maps as well. They could also understand semaphore and Morse.
The sorry state of affairs today in that our boys on the field rely TOO MUCH on TECHNOLOGY is reflected in what happens when that technology FAILS. People DIE.
I run an airgun club. I also hunt. Some of my members bring along their latest-greatest rifles with electronic triggers, laser rangefinders etc, and they still can't hit the broad side of a barn. Me and a springer (low tech I know but it WORKS!) and Pez's are disappearing fifty yards downrange in numerical order. When I'm out, if a rabbit passes the crosshairs on my 4-40, it's lunch.
Operation Guillotine is in effect.
The Israelis already demonstrated their own ability to feed computer systems with misleading information when the jews did 9/11.