RE: U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo GPS

[Gregory Hicks <ghicks () cadence com>]

> From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>
> To: <funsec () linuxbox org>
> Subject: RE: [funsec] U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo 
GPS
> Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 10:59:45 -0400
>
> Hmm, will the GSA try to argue that this code cracking effort is a
> DMCA violation?

Guess they could but the 'owner' is not a RIAA sponsored activity nor is
the 'owner' an american.  Thus the rules don't apply.

> Richard 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] 
On
> Behalf Of Fergie
> Sent: Saturday, July 08, 2006 10:50 AM
> To: funsec () linuxbox org
> Subject: [funsec] U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo GPS
>
> Via PhysOrg.com.
>
> [snip]
>
> Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have
> cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's
> first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes
> secret. That means free access for consumers who use navigation 
devices
> - including handheld receivers and systems installed in vehicles - 
that
> need PRNs to listen to satellites.
>
> The codes and the methods used to extract them were published in the
> June issue of GPS World.
>
> The navigational satellite, GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation
> Element-A), is a prototype for 30 satellites that by 2010 will compose
> Galileo, a $4 billion joint venture of the European Union, European
> Space Agency and private investors. Galileo is Europe's answer to the
> United States' GPS.
>
> [snip]
>
> More:
> http://www.physorg.com/news71554227.html
>
> - ferg
>
>
> --
> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
>  Engineering Architecture for the Internet
>  fergdawg(at)netzero.net
>  ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
>
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