Cracking the GPS Galileo Satellite

Glyn writes "Newswise is reporting the the encryption in the Galileo GPS signal has been broken. The pseudo random number generator used to obscure the information stored in the Galileo GPS signal has been broken. From the article: '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.'"

meh

[Anonymous Coward]

Street signs or maps work for me!

Re:uncrackable encryption

[Nutria]

I fact, that is pretty much the only attack that will work against a correct implementation of OTP

Rubber-hose decryption works well, too.

Re:Amateur Galileo receiver?

[The Cornishman]

> is there something I'm missing?
Yep. There's only the one satellite, (a demo and a placeholder, a bit like Vista beta :) so a lot of the time it's not going to be above the horizon on your part of the rock. Yeah, a lot like Vista beta, come to think of it.

Re:Galileo != GPS

[Professor_UNIX]

I'd be nice if we could use something different to distingish between "some" GPS and the "American" GPS.

To paraphrase Michael Bolton, "Why doesn't he change his name, he's the one that sucks!"

Re:Encryption Doesn't Work

[Linker3000]

Netcraft? That you?

Re:and North Korean rocket scientists appreciate t

[Zemran]

They have to learn to make them fly before they worry about where they land...

Re:and North Korean rocket scientists appreciate t

[Anonymous Coward]

Re-read your statement, think about who you're talking about, then go look up the definition of irony.

*grin*

Re:uncrackable encryption

[arivanov]

So does Sodium Pentothal though sometimes there are decryption errors. If there is more time there is a guaranteed decryption scheme known as "heroin once a day for a week, followed no more heroin until you tell the key".

Re:meh

[Anonymous Coward]

Street signs or maps work for me!

Never been to Cincinnati then have you?

Re:Encryption

[cptgrudge]

The paper is wrong. It says so on Slashdot.

Re:uncrackable encryption

[Anonymous Coward]

Galileo makes high-precision access available to paying customers..

wtf?! I thought he died years ago!