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Originally Posted by DNSB
Are your pigeons going to be RFC 1149 compliant?
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No, I'll just strap on the microSD cards, so not TCP/IP or UDP.
Satellite modems actually fake TCP/IP and UDP. They use several protocols depending on supplier and age. So only a VPN provided by a man-in-the-middle and the ground station re-implementing the VPN client works. Usually a specific agreed set up with corporate customers.
The pigeons will really just be customised file transfer, avian sneaker-net. No SFTP, SSH, HTTPS, VPN or VOIP. But file encryption would be advisable. There is a flaw though to the best encryption.
https://xkcd.com/538/
The Evil Maid routine can even work on laptops with an encrypted disk. No spanner needed.