Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by SixSigma on Thursday April 14, 2016 @01:37AM
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In 2007 the FAA revealed the Boeing 787 had passenger Internet traffic and flight control traffic on the same network separated via software firewall.
This gives us the classic reassuring response from Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter :
"There are places where the networks are not touching, and there are places where they are," she said.
Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by m_mueller on Thursday April 14, 2016 @04:06AM
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"had"? So it's fixed now, did they rewire the whole network?
Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by SixSigma on Thursday April 14, 2016 @05:54AM
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Oh, I don't know if they ever air gapped them fully. The FAA made them do some changes is all I know.
Re:Post-Mortem for Google Compute Engine’s Global Outage on ...
by mschuster91 on Wednesday April 13, 2016 @05:19PM
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> Yes, the autopilots can be turned off, but that's just a button, probably a button on the autopilot itself.
Airplaine components tend to have shitloads of fuses for each components, any trained pilot knows how to disable the fuse for the autopilot system (or, in an extreme case, ALL fuses to kill the entire airplane).
Yes, the autopilots can be turned off, but that's just a button, probably a button on the autopilot itself. Depending where the infection happens, the actual position of the yoke could be entirely ignored by the software. Or the motor controllers for the control surfaces themselves could be driving the plane, though I don't know how they could coordinate their actions and get feedback from an IMU.
Perhaps the pilots could rip out components and cut cables fast enough to prevent the plane from reaching its destination, and maybe they could tear out the affected component and limp back to a runway with what remains, but it's an entirely feasible movie plot.
But should we actually worry about either? No. The software sourcing, deployment and updating protocols at the various manufacturers of aircraft are certain to be secure. Right?