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After the successful landing on August 6 900-kilogram rover Curiosity still did not budge an inch. For days on end he has been calibrated instruments, photographing the surrounding ground and the landing site. The last three days of NASA engineers spent a firmware gasp eu update Curiosity, completely replacing the system on both computers. Curiosity is powered by the operating system VxWorks - popular OS for embedded systems. The same system has been installed in millions of devices around the world, including many spacecraft, air transport, Apple Airport Extreme router and Linksys WRT54G, gasp eu Drobo storage devices and robots Honda ASIMO. The three-day planned upgrade included the replacement of the previous version of the system, which was intended for planting, a new version containing the software to run on the surface, including the autopilot with the recognition of obstacles, so the unit can move autonomously. Now he does not need to wait for commands from Earth with a lag of 14 + 14 minutes to transmit a signal back and forth. Due to this unique three-day operation of remote upgrade rover some hackers have a question: what prevents an attacker to remotely hack into the machine, replacing the signal from the control center of NASA? After all, there have been instances when the hams or government agencies disabling gasp eu orbiting satellites. Why the same can not be done with Curiosity, simply blocking the firmware update? gasp eu How does it differ gasp eu from the satellite in this regard? The answer is quite simple: no different. Curiosity hack is nothing to prevent such hacking is theoretically possible, and even there is speculation that it is relatively easy to implement. However, straightforward approach to designing their own 70-meter radio antenna, gasp eu antenna similar to NASA, with reverse-engineering of communication protocol looks unreal. It is much easier to use a different technique: to infiltrate the computer network control center (Jet Propulsion Lab, JPL). As the experience of recent years, when viruses were introduced in the control centers of nuclear power plants, it is quite possible to imagine - among dozens of employees JPL surely there is someone who takes a job flash. If infiltrate the network, it is theoretically possible to put on Curiosity's own firmware with their own programs - and is already fully take control. You can send a rover to unplanned route. For example, a study of the mysterious hole in Mars - a strange cave, which was recently discovered. Unfortunately, the hole is too far away from the rover, but six months of continuous movement and he can be reached, due to its nuclear gasp eu engine. However, NASA's such a risky expedition never voluntarily agree, but some curious hacker could.
Possibility of penetration gasp eu of the NASA computer network is not only real, but has already been proven in practice. In March 2012, the agency acknowledged the intrusion into the internal computer network, resulting in stolen logins and passwords 150 employees of NASA. In turn, this led to several subsequent cracking. And this is not an isolated incident, gasp eu there were also others. In fact, NASA computer network and can now be considered compromised: perhaps she was being watched from inside. Theoretically, it is possible to take control Curiosity gasp eu or remotely disable it, but why it may be necessary to someone? Research unit is in the interest of all mankind, and he does not fully American. In the rover established scientific instruments developed by scientists from Russia, gasp eu Canada gasp eu and Spain, so it is an international project. Although China did not participate in it, but this country is interested in the study of Mars is not less than the others. After all, soon will begin to colonize the Red Planet, and China certainly wants to be among the first to be able to establish a Martian base. Tell friends 1 comment complain
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After the successful landing on August 6 900-kilogram rover Curiosity still did not budge an inch. For days on end he has been calibrated instruments, photographing the surrounding ground and the landing site. The last three days of NASA engineers spent a firmware gasp eu update Curiosity, completely replacing the system on both computers. Curiosity is powered by the operating system VxWorks - popular OS for embedded systems. The same system has been installed in millions of devices around the world, including many spacecraft, air transport, Apple Airport Extreme router and Linksys WRT54G, gasp eu Drobo storage devices and robots Honda ASIMO. The three-day planned upgrade included the replacement of the previous version of the system, which was intended for planting, a new version containing the software to run on the surface, including the autopilot with the recognition of obstacles, so the unit can move autonomously. Now he does not need to wait for commands from Earth with a lag of 14 + 14 minutes to transmit a signal back and forth. Due to this unique three-day operation of remote upgrade rover some hackers have a question: what prevents an attacker to remotely hack into the machine, replacing the signal from the control center of NASA? After all, there have been instances when the hams or government agencies disabling gasp eu orbiting satellites. Why the same can not be done with Curiosity, simply blocking the firmware update? gasp eu How does it differ gasp eu from the satellite in this regard? The answer is quite simple: no different. Curiosity hack is nothing to prevent such hacking is theoretically possible, and even there is speculation that it is relatively easy to implement. However, straightforward approach to designing their own 70-meter radio antenna, gasp eu antenna similar to NASA, with reverse-engineering of communication protocol looks unreal. It is much easier to use a different technique: to infiltrate the computer network control center (Jet Propulsion Lab, JPL). As the experience of recent years, when viruses were introduced in the control centers of nuclear power plants, it is quite possible to imagine - among dozens of employees JPL surely there is someone who takes a job flash. If infiltrate the network, it is theoretically possible to put on Curiosity's own firmware with their own programs - and is already fully take control. You can send a rover to unplanned route. For example, a study of the mysterious hole in Mars - a strange cave, which was recently discovered. Unfortunately, the hole is too far away from the rover, but six months of continuous movement and he can be reached, due to its nuclear gasp eu engine. However, NASA's such a risky expedition never voluntarily agree, but some curious hacker could.
Possibility of penetration gasp eu of the NASA computer network is not only real, but has already been proven in practice. In March 2012, the agency acknowledged the intrusion into the internal computer network, resulting in stolen logins and passwords 150 employees of NASA. In turn, this led to several subsequent cracking. And this is not an isolated incident, gasp eu there were also others. In fact, NASA computer network and can now be considered compromised: perhaps she was being watched from inside. Theoretically, it is possible to take control Curiosity gasp eu or remotely disable it, but why it may be necessary to someone? Research unit is in the interest of all mankind, and he does not fully American. In the rover established scientific instruments developed by scientists from Russia, gasp eu Canada gasp eu and Spain, so it is an international project. Although China did not participate in it, but this country is interested in the study of Mars is not less than the others. After all, soon will begin to colonize the Red Planet, and China certainly wants to be among the first to be able to establish a Martian base. Tell friends 1 comment complain
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