On May 24, 2011, at 9:29 06PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysi...@gmail.com> > >> On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 4:34 PM, <vinny_abe...@dell.com> wrote: >>> I think those within the organization that deploy those vehicles or >>> are Navy SEALs might sit at different lunch tables than the guys worried >>> about IP address collisions. ;-) >> >> The F/A-18 Hornets, F/A-22 Raptors are well, and good, but that's old >> technology The folks in charge of the MQ-1 predator drones might sit closer >> to >> the guys worried about the IP addresses. >> >> And automated drone strikes can always be blamed on a malfunction >> caused by the hijacking > > If packets that control armed drones cross any router that has access even to > SIPRnet, much less the Internet, someone's getting relieved.
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Militants-Hack-Unencrypted-Drone-Feeds-477219/ --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb