1997-07-06 - Hack the Mars rover

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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UTC Datetime: 1997-07-06 05:21:51 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 13:21:51 +0800

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From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 13:21:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Hack the Mars rover
Message-ID: <3.0.2.32.19970705221647.0072d660@netcom10.netcom.com>
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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/

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• 1997-07-06 (Sun, 6 Jul 1997 13:21:51 +0800) - Hack the Mars rover - Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
  • 1997-07-06 (Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:49:30 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
    • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 00:00:19 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - “Paul H. Merrill” <paulmerrill@acm.org>
      • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 01:06:53 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
        • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 03:43:16 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - “Paul H. Merrill” <paulmerrill@acm.org>
        • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:10:44 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
          • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 04:41:29 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Alan <alano@teleport.com>
          • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 05:04:03 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - “Paul H. Merrill” <paulmerrill@acm.org>
            • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 05:09:58 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Ryan Anderson <randerso@ece.eng.wayne.edu>
            • 1997-07-07 (Tue, 8 Jul 1997 07:38:06 +0800) - Re: Hack the Mars rover - Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>