[82812] in Cypherpunks
Hack the Mars rover
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Sun Jul 6 01:52:19 1997
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 1997 22:16:47 -0700
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Reply-To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
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>
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