The question is are the insurgants grabbing it off the satellite or off the drone itself? I would think that it is off the satellite. I'm wondering why they can't encrypt it from the satellite down?
--- On Fri, 12/18/09, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NF] Insurgents hack US Drones using $26.00 software. > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, December 18, 2009, 5:27 PM > A retired government researcher > interviewed on FoxNews says that it was very > difficult to put in encryption because of the proprietary > modules > incorporated with the system. My guess is that some of the > stuff couldn't be > encrypted then decrypted accurately. Also it had to be done > in real time. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Madigan" <[email protected]> > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 4:21 PM > Subject: Re: [NF] Insurgents hack US Drones using $26.00 > software. > > > > OK, now put in the encryption. > > > > --- On Thu, 12/17/09, Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Nicholas Geti <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [NF] Insurgents hack US Drones using > $26.00 software. > >> To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 3:18 PM > >> The military made a decision to > >> implement drones as quickly as possible > >> rather than wait another year or two to perfect > the system. > >> It has paid off > >> in my mind. I am sure they were trying to figure > out how to > >> encrypt right > >> from the beginning. Note that they try to use > off-the-shelf > >> hardware for > >> lowering cost and speeding up development. > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Lew" <[email protected]> > >> To: <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 3:07 PM > >> Subject: Re: [NF] Insurgents hack US Drones using > $26.00 > >> software. > >> > >> > >> > ...or misinformation. > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Michael Madigan <[email protected]> > >> > Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:52:36 > >> > To: <[email protected]> > >> > Subject: [NF] Insurgents hack US Drones using > $26.00 > >> software. > >> > > >> > This is ridiculous. You would think that the > military > >> would be using > >> > sophisticated encryption. > >> > > >> > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126102247889095011.html > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > >> > >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
