Larry Dighera wrote in
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:37:21 -0600, Gig601XLBuilder
wrote in
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Larry Dighera wrote:
How naïve of Bowing to think that their computer is not hackable:

The entire article is based on an FAA document that is calling for
certification
requirements that assure that in the 787 and the aircraft like that
will come in the future are secure from being hacked.

The Wired story is based on more than the FAA document:

"This is serious," said Mark Loveless, a network security analyst
with Autonomic Networks, a company in stealth mode, who presented
a conference talk last year on Hacking the Friendly Skies
(PowerPoint). "This isn’t a desktop computer. It's controlling the
systems that are keeping people from plunging to their deaths. So
I hope they are really thinking about how to get this right."

...

Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter said the wording of the FAA
document is misleading, and that the plane's networks don't
completely connect.

Gunter wouldn't go into detail about how Boeing is tackling the
issue but says it is employing a combination of solutions that
involves some physical separation of the networks, known as "air
gaps," and software firewalls. Gunter also mentioned other
technical solutions, which she said are proprietary and didn't
want to discuss in public.

"There are places where the networks are not touching, and there
are places where they are," she said.

Gunter added that although data can pass between the networks,
"there are protections in place" to ensure that the passenger
internet service doesn't access the maintenance data or the
navigation system "under any circumstance."

She said the safeguards protect the critical networks from
unauthorized access, but the company still needs to conduct lab
and in-flight testing to ensure that they work. This will occur in
March when the first Dreamliner is ready for a test flight.

Are you familiar with the term buffer-overrun?


Are you familiar with the term "Give up"?



Bertie