2012 Einstein Incident Finale 12/12 8:30PM EST on Candidly Speaking

[Mastonevich]

Random thoughts that come to mind for me after the discussion and reading the report.

1. There are so many details in that report. Looking at all of the possible causes of communication issues, it is no wonder there are communications issues every year for many teams. The learning opportunities are many.

2. WIFI security and hacking concerns need better solutions still to this day. Maybe a FIRST alum is working that very issue.

3. The maturity and respect of all people involved in this situation is outstanding.

[tjf]

Originally Posted by Mastonevich

Random thoughts that come to mind for me after the discussion and reading the report.

1. There are so many details in that report. Looking at all of the possible causes of communication issues, it is no wonder there are communications issues every year for many teams. The learning opportunities are many.

2. WIFI security and hacking concerns need better solutions still to this day. Maybe a FIRST alum is working that very issue.

3. The maturity and respect of all people involved in this situation is outstanding.

In response to item #2, I'm decently sure that they stepped up the security severely. Based on what I know about cheesy-arena, a nearly-protocol identical FMS, each match 6 unique keys are generated for each robot on the field and sent to the access points, as well as all communications between DS and FMS VLANned so that each team can't observe or interfere with other team's traffic. (For this reason, inter-alliance data sharing isn't possible at the DS-level)

I also know for a matter of fact that several alum and volunteers do test the firmware and try to break in intentionally. I'm sure I wouldn't want a job of defending something like this, so kudos to them.