A Case Study on Open Flight Support System Security

Abstract

Open Glider Network (OGN) is an open, glider flight support system, gaining ever growing recognition around the globe. Eventhough, with time its transport security measures have become outdated, with some simple steps it is possible to inject fraudulent data into the network. The aim of this article is to show that an open, public flight support system can also be secured. The article covers some now-existing security issues, and with constructive critique and white-hat approach it points out possible practices to mitigate the found problems, including common transport security solutions and heuristically aided artificial intelligence to validate flight data.