17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
At 10 PM sharp, my local cable switched, as per city requirements, from the imminent deployment of the Mars rover to a city video BBS informing the viewer about recent changes to local dog tag regulations. Putting thoughts of Jim Bell aside, this gives me time to ask a question that has been on my mind since yesterday. With the solar system's hottest RC vehicle on Mars, how hard would it for a hacker to take control of the rover? Is NASA using any encryption/authentication of the commands issued to the rover? Thanks, --Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. DES is dead! Please join in breaking RC5-56. http://rc5.distributed.net/