IIRC on Boeing the info network and flight control stuff is separated by nothing more than a VLAN.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 10:37 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I am going to totally dis-believe that anyone can issue flight control > commands over an ethernet network accessible by an under the passenger seat > box of electronics. First, I doubt that critical flight hardware speaks > garden variety ethernet. Second, I have to believe there is an air gap > between infotainment and critical networks. > > But I didn't believe Lance Armstrong could have ever been guilty of doping > either. > > -----Original Message----- From: WaveDirect > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 8:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] I'll be looking at the guy across the aisle with the > open laptop a little more closely on my next flight > > > Yeah ... makes me wonder what the hell they were thinking by allowing the > wifi network be on the same network as the flight controls. > > This is a possible Cylon situation. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 5:21:38 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] I'll be looking at the guy across the aisle with the open > laptop a little more closely on my next flight > > http://www.wired.com/2015/05/feds-say-banned-researcher-commandeered-plane/ > > Rory Conaway * Triad Wireless * CEO > 4226 S. 37th Street * Phoenix * AZ 85040 > 602-426-0542 > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > www.triadwireless.net<http://www.triadwireless.net/> > > "That which can be destroyed by the truth, should be." - P.C. Hodgell >
