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Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2468" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363122/boeing-747s-floppy-disc-updates-critical-software" target="_blank"><strong>Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks - The Verge</strong></a></p><p></p><p>A rare look inside a 20-year-old airliner </p><p></p><p>Boeing’s 747-400 aircraft, first introduced in 1988, is still receiving critical software updates through 3.5-inch floppy disks. <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/10/boeing_747_floppy_drive_updates_walkthrough/" target="_blank"><em>The Register </em>reports</a> that security researchers at Pen Test Partners recently got access to a British Airways 747, after the airline decided to retire its fleet following a plummet in travel during the coronavirus pandemic. The team was able to inspect the full avionics bay beneath the passenger deck, with its data center-like racks of modular black boxes that perform different functions for the plane.</p><p></p><p>Pen Test Partners discovered a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive in the cockpit, which is used to load important navigation databases. It’s a database that has to be updated every 28 days, and an engineer visits each month with the latest updates.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 2468, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/11/21363122/boeing-747s-floppy-disc-updates-critical-software'][B]Boeing 747s still get critical updates via floppy disks - The Verge[/B][/URL] A rare look inside a 20-year-old airliner Boeing’s 747-400 aircraft, first introduced in 1988, is still receiving critical software updates through 3.5-inch floppy disks. [URL='https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/10/boeing_747_floppy_drive_updates_walkthrough/'][I]The Register [/I]reports[/URL] that security researchers at Pen Test Partners recently got access to a British Airways 747, after the airline decided to retire its fleet following a plummet in travel during the coronavirus pandemic. The team was able to inspect the full avionics bay beneath the passenger deck, with its data center-like racks of modular black boxes that perform different functions for the plane. Pen Test Partners discovered a 3.5-inch floppy disk drive in the cockpit, which is used to load important navigation databases. It’s a database that has to be updated every 28 days, and an engineer visits each month with the latest updates. [/QUOTE]
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