FAA: Boeing's New 787 May Be Vulnerable to Hacker Attack

george wrote:

On Jan 7, 1:53 pm, Some Other Guy wrote:

So you have hundreds of passenger devices on the network. Due to a bug,
one or many may malfunction and cause a packet storm, either bringing
down the
network or causing unacceptable latency. High latency can cause
autopilot
oscillation and loss of control. Oops.

We are talking about the flight systems of an aircraft with, as I
suspect you're aware, two pilots who are there and are trained for
such an eventuality.

In other words, you think it's okay for an in flight entertainment
system to cause the aircraft flight control systems to misbehave.

This is where you and I disagree, and I have nothing more to say about that.