<story><title>Stunnel and Airline Wi-Fi</title><url>https://potatofrom.space/post/viasat-airline-free-wifi-stunnel/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>UperSpaceGuru</author><text>Wow, this was an amusing read.  I actually helped architect part of the system that was bypassed at LiveTV (now Thales).
We had some serious hackers on the team and discussed how much probing &amp;amp; prodding it would take to find vulnerabilities like this, but made the conclusion anyone doing this should be worried about more serious consequences.  I for one, wouldn’t attempt this myself on the aircraft.  The hacker side of me finds this Amusing, but I hope the author doesn’t face more serious consequences, primarily for having made this public knowledge.  I have a sense the defense company that now owns the system being bypassed&amp;#x2F;broken will not find it amusing in the least bit.&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer:  opinions above are my own.  I do not speak for or on behalf of any party in the article.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>xfitm3</author><text>We shouldn&amp;#x27;t let defense companies push around the general public. I&amp;#x27;m glad that the author is willing to shoulder that risk, we need more people like them.</text></comment>
<story><title>Stunnel and Airline Wi-Fi</title><url>https://potatofrom.space/post/viasat-airline-free-wifi-stunnel/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>UperSpaceGuru</author><text>Wow, this was an amusing read.  I actually helped architect part of the system that was bypassed at LiveTV (now Thales).
We had some serious hackers on the team and discussed how much probing &amp;amp; prodding it would take to find vulnerabilities like this, but made the conclusion anyone doing this should be worried about more serious consequences.  I for one, wouldn’t attempt this myself on the aircraft.  The hacker side of me finds this Amusing, but I hope the author doesn’t face more serious consequences, primarily for having made this public knowledge.  I have a sense the defense company that now owns the system being bypassed&amp;#x2F;broken will not find it amusing in the least bit.&lt;p&gt;Disclaimer:  opinions above are my own.  I do not speak for or on behalf of any party in the article.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Nextgrid</author><text>I don’t think the fact that it’s a defense company is relevant. The company wouldn’t use the same “security” measures if actual defense was at stake.&lt;p&gt;This system was built with certain specifications and down to a certain price.</text></comment>