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This 4 page paper considers an article by Bruce D. Nordwall, regarding the use of Internet Protocol (IP) and public key infrastructure (PKI) for the security and looks at if this is the best way for communication and wireless networks on commercial aircraft to develop. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
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File: TS14_TEipavio.rtf
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being adopted by the aviation industry for wireless communication onboard commercial flights. The issue this concerns this wireless technology is the same as the concerns that have impacted on the
aviation industry in general since September the 11th and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre; those of security and unauthorised use (Nordwall, 2003) There have always been potential
problems with the use of IP technology by commercial aircraft. The ICAO air traffic data standard is ATN/OSI (Crouzard et al, 2003). This is a system that is
based on the OSI protocols, but with special adaptations for the aviation industry. However, there was always recognised that there would be a need to develop. At the time the
standards were set internet protocol (IPv4) did not have the capabilities of being able to satisfy the needs of the industry, although it was seen as having potential is the
flaws and weaknesses could be dealt with. It is within the last few years that these faults have been dealt with, and IPv6 is being used (Crouzard et al, 2003).
It is an IP system that is being installed into the Airbus A380 that makes use of the Ethernet standard as specified for avionics networks (Nordwall, 2003). IP security appears
to allow a high degree of control, but this alone is not sufficient. The aircraft also needs to talk to other networks, such as those with the ground controller. For
this there is the need for some form of authenticating system that can verify both ends of the transmission. The choice here by Nordwell has been the recommendation of
public key infrastructure (PKI) to manage the components of these transmissions. This is an interesting choice, but also one with which this writer can agree, but only after considering some
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