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Developed by computer scientist Gaius Baltar, the Command Navigation Program (CNP) is an operating system^[1] utilized by the Colonial Fleet and some civilian spaceships in the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.^[2]

Installed in the central computers of Vipers and Raptors and in the navigation computers of almost all battlestars, the CNP's development began around 2 BCH (98YR).

Backdoors

The CNP managed the avionics of Viper Mark VIIs and almost all battlestars before the few fighters that survived were retrofitted after the attack.

Unbeknownst to Dr. Baltar, his lover and co-writer of the CNP turns out to be a version of the humanoid Cylon Number Six. The Cylon infiltrator programmed backdoors into the CNP so that the Cylon attack forces could render any ships that use the operating system to shut itself down by a remote command.

Battlestars and fighters begin to shut down during the Colonial defensive "as if a switch were flipped."^[3] Communications officer Anastasia Dualla describes reports of "system failures" throughout the Fleet and how at least one battlestar loses power when the attack begins ^{(TRS: "Miniseries, Night 1")}. When the Cylon fleet jumps in during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, they use the CNP to take down an entire battlegroup over Caprica as well as the defense mainframe, leaving ships drifting out of control and easy targets ^{(TRS: "The Plan")}.

Usage of the CNP on Galactica

The CNP was previously received by Galactica, but the program was never loaded into the primary memory of the ship's navigation computer. Galactica itself is spared from Cylon computer attacks as the CNP is not loaded on any of its computers, nor were its computer systems networked, sparing the ship from any backdoor or cracking attempts. However, Galactica supports a modern squadron of Viper Mark VII fighters, which received the upgrade. As a result, the squadron is massacred by two Raiders on their way back to Caprica.

Lieutenant Felix Gaeta has the CNP source code purged from the mainframe on Baltar's instruction. The program is also retrograded on the flight systems of surviving Mark VII Vipers, Raptors, and civilian ships ^{(TRS: "Miniseries, Night 2")}.

Notes

The CNP is not a virus, nor is it a worm or Trojan Horse, but an example of backdoor exploitation of a secured computer system through a secreted password or other hidden access in order to gain command privileges.
The backdoor tactic differs from the Cylons' older infiltration tactics used in the first Cylon War of using their computers to seek exploits within and forcibly enter ("crack") a Colonial computer, whereby the attacked computer is infected with a virus that causes havoc on the Colonial computer.

References

↑ The Command Navigation Program is an operating system akin to the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems on today's personal computers. However, Number Six's additions integrate backdoor access points that allow the Cylons remote access.
↑ Aaron Doral provides a requested report to Gaius Baltar in CIC: "You asked for a report on how many civilian ships had your CNP program?" ^{(TRS: "Miniseries, Night 2")}.
↑ The process is similar to how some home and business computers today can be taken over secretly and remotely for use in nefarious purposes on the Internet, such as email spamming.

[1] The Command Navigation Program is an operating system akin to the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X operating systems on today's personal computers. However, Number Six's additions integrate backdoor access points that allow the Cylons remote access.

[2] Aaron Doral provides a requested report to Gaius Baltar in CIC: "You asked for a report on how many civilian ships had your CNP program?" ^{(TRS: "Miniseries, Night 2")}.

[3] The process is similar to how some home and business computers today can be taken over secretly and remotely for use in nefarious purposes on the Internet, such as email spamming.

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-Developed by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], the '''Command Navigation Program''' (CNP) was a program utilized by the [[Colonial]] military forces and some civilian spaceships in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].{{ref|civilian}} Installed in the central computers of [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor|Raptors]] and in the [[Computers#Navigation computer|navigation computers]] of almost all [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]], the CNP was more than two years in the making.
+{{disline|This article details how the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] compromised [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] defenses by cracking the Colonial flight operating system in the [[Re-imagined Series]].}}
-Unbeknownst to Baltar, his lover and a cowriter of the CNP turned out to be a version of the [[Cylon agent]] known as [[Number Six]]. She programmed [[backdoors]] into the program so that the [[Cylon]] attack force could break through the Colonial firewalls. Vipers with the CNP that received a command from attacking Cylon ships would be shut down "as if a switch were flipped."  [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] described reports of "system failures" throughout the Fleet and how at least one battlestar lost power when the attack began, which indicate the Cylons used the CNP to damage and, in at least one case, disable capital ships as well ([[Miniseries]]).
+{{disline|For other related computer or biological attacks, see [[Virus]].}}
-The CNP was received by battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'', but the program was never loaded into the primary memory of the ship's navigation computer, although her last squadron of Mark VII Vipers received the upgrade. As a result, the squadron was massacred by two [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] on their way back to [[Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]].
+Developed by computer scientist [[Gaius Baltar]], the '''Command Navigation Program''' (CNP) is an operating system<ref>The Command Navigation Program is an [[W:Operating system|operating system]] akin to the [[W:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]], [[W:Linux|Linux]] and [[W:Mac OS X|Mac OS X]] operating systems on today's personal computers. However, [[Number Six]]'s additions integrate backdoor access points that allow the Cylons remote access.</ref> utilized by the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] and some civilian spaceships in the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].<ref>[[Aaron Doral]] provides a requested report to [[Gaius Baltar]] in [[CIC]]: "You asked for a report on how many civilian ships had your CNP program?" {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.</ref>
-Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] had the program code purged from the mainframe on Baltar's suggestion, and the program was also retrograded on the [[Computers#Avionics|flight systems]] of surviving Mark VII Vipers and Raptors ([[Miniseries]]).
+Installed in the central computers of [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] and [[Raptor]]s and in the [[Computers#Navigation computer|navigation computers]] of almost all battlestars, the CNP's development began around {{BCH|2}}.
-==Note==
+==Backdoors==
+[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|The CNP managed the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Avionics|avionics]] of [[Viper Mark VII]]s and almost all [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestars]] before the few fighters that survived were retrofitted after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]].]]
+Unbeknownst to Dr. Baltar, his lover and co-writer of the CNP turns out to be a version of the [[humanoid Cylon]] [[Caprica-Six|Number Six]]. The Cylon infiltrator programmed backdoors into the CNP so that the Cylon attack forces could render any ships that use the operating system to shut itself down by a remote command.
-The CNP is not a [[virus]], nor is it a [[Wikipedia:Computer worm|worm]]. The Cylon's use of the CNP is an example of [[Wikipedia:backdoor|backdoor exploiting]] of an secured computer system through a secreted password or other hidden access in order to gain command privileges. This cyberwarfare tactic differs from the Cylon's older method used in the [[Cylon War]] of using their computers to seek exploits within and forcibly enter ("crack") a Colonial computer, whereby the attacked computer is infected with a virus that causes havoc on the Colonial computer. A similar premise is used with a military computer by the central character in the movie, "Wargames."
+Battlestars and fighters begin to shut down during the Colonial defensive "as if a switch were flipped."<ref>The process is similar to how some home and business computers today can be [[w:Zombie computer|taken over secretly and remotely]] for use in nefarious purposes on the Internet, such as [[w:E-mail spam|email spamming]].</ref> Communications officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] describes reports of "system failures" throughout the Fleet and how at least one battlestar loses power when the attack begins  {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. When the Cylon fleet jumps in during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], they use the CNP to take down an entire battlegroup over Caprica as well as the defense mainframe, leaving ships drifting out of control and easy targets {{TRS|The Plan}}.
+<br clear="all">
-The Command Navigation Program was an actual operating system that worked as designed, but the work of Number Six added the compromises that allowed Cylons to later control it. ''Galactica'' herself is spared from Cylon computer attacks for two reasons: The CNP is not loaded on any of her computers to allow the backdoor attempt, nor were her computers networked in the Cylon Attack to allow a virus cracking attempt. ''Galactica's'' last CNP-equipped Viper Mark VII squadron, however, [[Jackson Spencer|perished]] in the early salvos of the Cylon Attack.
+==Usage of the CNP on ''Galactica''==
+The CNP was previously received by ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', but the program was never loaded into the primary memory of the ship's navigation computer. ''Galactica'' itself is spared from Cylon computer attacks as the CNP is not loaded on any of its computers, nor were its computer systems networked, sparing the ship from any backdoor or cracking attempts. However, ''Galactica'' supports a modern squadron of [[Viper Mark VII]] fighters, which received the upgrade. As a result, the squadron is massacred by two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on their way back to {{RDM|Caprica}}.
-==Sources==
+Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] has the CNP source code purged from the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Mainframe Computer|mainframe]] on Baltar's instruction. The program is also retrograded on the [[Computers#Avionics|flight systems]] of surviving Mark VII Vipers, Raptors, and civilian ships {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}.
-#{{note|civilian}} [[Aaron Doral]] provides a requested report to [[Gaius Baltar]] in [[CIC]]: "You asked for a report on how many civilian ships had your CNP program?" ([[Miniseries]])
+== Notes ==
-[[Category:A to Z]] [[Category:RDM]] [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Terminology]]
+*The CNP is not a [[Cylon computer virus|virus]], nor is it a [[w:Computer worm|worm]] or Trojan Horse, but an example of [[w:backdoor|backdoor exploitation]] of a secured computer system through a secreted password or other hidden access in order to gain command privileges.
+*The backdoor tactic differs from the [[Cylon computer virus#Cylon War|Cylons' older infiltration tactics]] used in the first [[Cylon War]] of using their computers to seek exploits within and forcibly enter ("crack") a Colonial computer, whereby the attacked computer is infected with a virus that causes havoc on the Colonial computer.
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
+[[Category:A to Z]]
+[[Category:RDM]]
+[[Category:Technology]]
+[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
+[[Category:Terminology]]
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+[[de:CNP]]