Talk:Cylon computer virus/Archive 1

Reorganization

This article is part of a breakout revision of what was in the Virus article, which is now a disambiguation. This article pertains to computer viruses only; other articles will break out other forms of viruses or infections into specific articles. --Spencerian 11:56, 15 May 2007 (CDT)

A good portion of this article deals with the backdoor exploits in the Miniseries. This aren't really viruses though. At first I thought about renaming it to something more general like "Cylon electronic warfare", but another possibility is to just delete most of that, as the content should already be present at Command Navigation Program. A very short summary of the backdoor problem is enough here. --Serenity 12:16, 15 May 2007 (CDT)

Subtlety or plot hole?

I was very confused by the Cylon's ability to remotely/wirelessly plant a virus in what appeared to be a wired network (see Gaeta disconnecting the network by pulling cables at the end of the episode Scattered). If the Cylons can remotely plant viruses in computers they are not connected to, why does it matter whether the targets are networked or not? Is this ever explained, or is it just a plot hole? --Poludamas 15:07, 6 March 2010 (UTC)

It's understandably a bit confusing... It's true that each system is independent of the other, however this includes the communication system and other external-scanning / receiving equipment susceptible to external influences. When the computers aboard Galactica were networked, they were wired together those services. It's through these systems that the Cylons were able to drop the logic bomb. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus} 15:17, 6 March 2010 (UTC)