کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1717278 1013436 2006 6 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Do potential SETI signals need to be decontaminated?
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه سایر رشته های مهندسی مهندسی هوافضا
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Do potential SETI signals need to be decontaminated?
چکیده انگلیسی

Biological contamination from space samples is a remote but accepted possibility. Signals received by searches for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) could also contain harmful information in the spirit of a computer virus, the so-called “SETI Hacker” hypothesis. Over the last four decades extraterrestrial intelligence searches have given little consideration to this possibility. Some argue that information in an extraterrestrial signal could not attack a terrestrial computer because the computer logic and code is idiosyncratic and constitutes an impenetrable firewall. Suggestions are given on how to probe these arguments. Measures for decontaminating extraterrestrial intelligence signals (ETI) are discussed. Modifications to the current SETI detection protocol may be appropriate. Beyond that, the potential character of ETI message content requires much broader discussion.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Acta Astronautica - Volume 58, Issue 2, January 2006, Pages 112–117
نویسندگان
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