> These systems are entirely separate, including the electricity that controls the systems.
This is not what Boeing said to the FAA 12 years ago when they asked to certify their network architecture
> The proposed architecture of the 787 is different from that of existing production (and retrofitted) airplanes. It allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator networks to the previously isolated Aircraft Control Domain and Airline Information Services Domain. The Aircraft Control Domain and the Airline Information Services Domain perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane.
> It allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator networks to the previously isolated Aircraft Control Domain and Airline Information Services Domain.
I believe this contradicts the "systems are entirely separate" statement from the parent comment.
This is not what Boeing said to the FAA 12 years ago when they asked to certify their network architecture
> The proposed architecture of the 787 is different from that of existing production (and retrofitted) airplanes. It allows connection to and access from external sources (the public Internet) and airline operator networks to the previously isolated Aircraft Control Domain and Airline Information Services Domain. The Aircraft Control Domain and the Airline Information Services Domain perform functions required for the safe operation of the airplane.
[1] http://rgl.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library%5CrgSC.ns...