[aprssig] Arbitrary Code Execution Over APRS

[Jason Rausch]

"It makes it sound like APRS is the issue when in reality it’s WinAPRS running on Windows XP."
Exatly.  As soon as I saw this, I realized it was completely misleading and discounted it as hype for attention.  The chance of someone running WinAPRS on XP today is pretty unlikely.  I have one XP box still running at home and it's dedicated to syncing applications to my PalmPilots.  That's it.
Jason Rausch K4APRwww.ke4nyv.com 

    On Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 04:00:33 PM EDT, Jeff Hochberg <jeff at w4jew.com> wrote:  
 
 The article is misleading. It makes it sound like APRS is the issue when in reality it’s WinAPRS running on Windows XP. 
The author goes on to say the vulnerability exists in WinAPRS on Windows 10 “just not as reliably and with a lot of extra effort required”. 
I love the argument that open source software is inherently more secure. Vulnerabilities exist in all software. Open source provides people with the ability to review code themselves to determine if it’s vulnerable.
I would venture to say that 9 out of 10 people wouldn’t know what to look for. Someone tells them open source software is more secure so they just trust it. 

On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 3:45 PM Jeff Hochberg <jeff at w4jew.com> wrote:

Interesting article 
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/arbitrary-code-execution-over-radio/
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Jeff Hochberg
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