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Jan 9, 2008 | 1:55 pm

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Originally Posted by mikew99

This is really scary!

I'm only a software (not hardware) engineer, but if I were to design such a system, I would ensure that there is absolutely no connection between the plane's network and any network that passengers have access to. I don't trust software firewalls (there's always a way around them) or other "proprietary technical solutions" that haven't stood the test of time.

If Boeing really wants to ensure that the passenger Internet service doesn't access the maintenance data or the navigation system "under
any circumstance," then they should keep the systems separate!

I have a relative who described their early internet connection in the office as being totally safe from infecting other computers because they used an airwall not a firewall. When someone asked what an airwall was (assuming they'd heard of a firewall) he would elaborate further.

And this is scary, I can well imagine some bored teenager figureing out how to bypass stuff to pass the flight time.

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