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Boeing 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack
palegray.net writes "An article posted yesterday on Wired.com notes that 'Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet may have a serious security vulnerability in its onboard computer networks that could allow passengers to access the plane's control systems, according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.' They're already working on solutions to the problem - including placing more physical separation between aircraft networks and implementing more robust software-based firewalls."
No more playing MS Flight Sim.
Exactly, who the hell thought that it would be a good idea to allow the passenger network and pilot network system to even communicate with each other.
Oh wait I got it, what if terrorist took over the cabin, but then a passenger(Justin Long) who is a master hacker controls the plane from his seat using his cell phone, and safely lands the plane but after he flipped it a few times so the terrorist would be knocked unconscious. Who has Bruckheimer's phone number I have an idea.
A simple solution would be to use Token Ring for the avionics and plain old 100BaseT for the passenger areas - and then send to Guantanamo anyone Googling 'madge' or 'wtf is 802.5'.
AT&ROFLMAO
Claiming that you're under an NDA made me think you were completely BSing and trying to raise your e-coolness level.
Then I saw your sig and realized you must be a college student studying engineering/networking/compsci. Sorry I ever doubted you.
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Uh, OK. I'm in favor of a full fledged IRC server so that the pilots can talk to the passengers. After all if you have a network why not use it.
--- Welcome to Flight United Airlines 435 to Tokyo
--- Please read the safety card in the back of the seat on fron of you
<seat44G> HOW DOES THIS THING WORK?
<seat112A> LOL n00b !!!
<Pilot> Please fasten your seatbelts
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