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ODB means On Board Diagnostics. A majority of vehicles only report information - its not generally a control interface.

• 54mf 14y ago
  This. It's read-only, as far as I'm aware.
• fudged71 14y ago
  That doesn't mean that the security issue doesn't exist. Via wikipedia: "Researchers at the University of Washington and University of California examined the security around OBD, and found that they were able to gain control over many vehicle components via the interface. Furthermore, they were able to upload new firmware into the engine control units. Their conclusion is that vehicle embedded systems are not designed with security in mind."
  • cleverjake 14y ago
    Hence the use of "majority". Thank you for finding that link, I was trying to find this[1] presentation for my comment, but couldn't. [1] - http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~carbunar/teaching/cis5374/slides/autosec.g.mastakar.pptx http://users.cis.fiu.edu/~carbunar/teaching/cis5374/slides/a...
• vostrocity 14y ago
  You can indeed "hack" your car. In fact, ECU flashing is one of the most common upgrades for people who want more power out of their cars because it requires no physical parts. It's generally done commercially [1][2] though there are attempts at user-configurable software [3]. Now I'm no expert on ECU flashing so these links are just examples. [1] http://changegears.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/apr-stage-1-ecu-flash-review/ http://changegears.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/apr-stage-1-ecu-... [2] http://www.velocityfactor.net/scripts/prodview.asp?idproduct=3125 http://www.velocityfactor.net/scripts/prodview.asp?idproduct... [3] http://www.tactrix.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=36&Itemid=58 http://www.tactrix.com/index.php?option=com_content&view...