One Small Patch for a File, One Giant Leap for OTA Updates

Rederlechner, Julian, Planta, Ulysse, Abbasi, Ali • 2026
@inproceedings{rederlechner26ota,
  title={One Small Patch for a File, One Giant Leap for OTA Updates},
  author={Rederlechner, Julian and Planta, Ulysse and Abbasi, Ali},
  booktitle={Workshop on Security of Space and Satellite Systems (SpaceSec) at NDSS},
  year={2026},
  abstract={Over-the-Air (OTA) software updates are essential for satellite security and reliability, yet limited uplink bandwidth and communication windows make them challenging. This work performs the first comparative analysis of bsdiff4, bsdiff6, bsdiff-ra, and HDiffPatch on a dataset representative of satellite software stacks, reconstructing a bsdiff6 implementation to enable bandwidth-efficient OTA updates.},
  doi={10.14722/spacesec.2026.23070},
  tags={OTA Updates, Satellite Security, Binary Diffing, Embedded Systems},
  pubstate = {published}

}
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