Posts by Dingo_Nates

Researchers intercept unencrypted satellite traffic from space blabbermouths

I warned the UK govt about this in 2016

I used to work for ‘a leading supplier of satellite cellular backhaul systems. Back around 2016 when the UK was negotiating to replace the (still extant) Airwave system used for emergency services with a 4G network I warned various parties that unless they used true end to end IPSec, not just on certain links that the traffic could be compromised. But guess what - they chose a cheaper but compromised system! Surprise!

Sysadmin unplugged wrong server, ran away, hoped nobody noticed

Re: X.25

worried = wrote (thanks IOS)

Re: X.25

Was it me - I worried the best seller ‘X25 Explained’, published in 1984, updated in’86 etc. I remember a job interview where I was asked for 4 differences between X25 1980 and 1984 versions. Needless to say the interviewer got bored with my answers...