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I had a projector firmware freeze up hard on me during a port scan. There is some risk there.
So what does that say about the wisdom of port scanning a machine your life is currently depending on?
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I had a projector firmware freeze up hard on me during a port scan. There is some risk there.
So what does that say about the wisdom of port scanning a machine your life is currently depending on?
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I had a projector firmware freeze up hard on me during a port scan. There is some risk there.
So what does that say about the wisdom of port scanning a machine your life is currently depending on?
The decompression flag is interesting, I would've poked around the Javascript to see if that flag is ever read. If they were thorough, the web frontend would show a red screen with words like "Decompression! Put on your oxygen mask!" Otherwise, passengers could be so distracted with the electronic entertainment that they might not notice that it got very breezy all of a sudden...
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Scanning should be fine; trying to access them becomes dubious; bruteforcing the login could lead to arrest.
Scanning can lead to arrest in some places. In the UK for example, the computer misuse act says that using any tool with the intent of accessing a system (without actually doing so, let alone doing so successfully) is an offence.
> I did a port scan on the System Control Unit Is that still white hat? Did they also check to see if the cockpit door is locked?
Scanning should be fine; trying to access them becomes dubious; bruteforcing the login could lead to arrest.
The decompression flag is interesting, I would've poked around the Javascript to see if that flag is ever read. If they were thorough, the web frontend would show a red screen with words like "Decompression! Put on your oxygen mask!" Otherwise, passengers could be so distracted with the electronic entertainment that they might not notice that it got very breezy all of a sudden...
This is actually a good idea. Or at least activate the PA system and stop videos. Not sure how easy it is to notice masks falling down if you wear noise cancelling headphones and look down on your tablet.
> I did a port scan on the System Control Unit Is that still white hat? Did they also check to see if the cockpit door is locked?
It's borderline; if something bad happens (and bad things definitely can happen from portscanning, especially embedded systems), you'll be on the hook for it.
Particularly if something goes terribly wrong and you're on the plane.