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[artdutra04]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I think if someone was able to walk up to an Apache Helicopter and plug a network cable in, undetected, the Army has much bigger problems then a single Apache being rebooted in flight.

Several years ago, photos and videos from the Predator drone cameras were found on insurgents' computers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Predator drone used an unencrypted communication protocol so ground troops could view the video on portable video receivers.

They never counted on anyone else "flipping through the channels", and then googling how to fix a scrambled video feed.

The lesson? NEVER rely on security through obscurity.

[Chris is me]

Originally Posted by artdutra04

Several years ago, photos and videos from the Predator drone cameras were found on insurgents' computers in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Predator drone used an unencrypted communication protocol so ground troops could view the video on portable video receivers.

They never counted on anyone else "flipping through the channels", and then googling how to fix a scrambled video feed.

The lesson? NEVER rely on security through obscurity.

While I wholeheartedly agree, Joe Ross has a pretty good point. It's far easier to physically guard a wired router than it is to add security. If insurgents can get close enough to an Apache to connect to the network that vxworks resides on, they can disrupt its flight any number of other ways and someone made a terrible mistake

[GGCO]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

While I wholeheartedly agree, Joe Ross has a pretty good point. It's far easier to physically guard a wired router than it is to add security. If insurgents can get close enough to an Apache to connect to the network that vxworks resides on, they can disrupt its flight any number of other ways and someone made a terrible mistake

Slightly off topic, but..

If the insurgents are close enough to the apache, why aren't they dead?

Anyways.....