On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Alan B. Pearce wrote:

>>This reminds me of some articles about what could
>>happen to you if electronic appliances would be
>>virused. The Audi has a CAN bus and occasionally
>>connects to computers which occasionally get updated,
>
>Practically every modern mass produced vehicle has a CAN Bus and it is
>through this that a skilled person takes about 1/2 minute to clock the
>speedo. Service diagnostic machines plug into this also to diagnose engine
>tuning problems etc.
>
>>presumably via Internet, right ;-) ?
>
>Not necessarily, see my previous comment, the activity is done using a small
>handpiece that plugs into the bus.

Yes but I was pointing out a virus migration path ... after all someone
DID program the handheld box with a software update downloaded from
somewhere trustworthy, didn't they ? ...

Peter

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