Re: OT: Funny in a really scary way
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Not to mention that few people had any type of hardware that could send the 8 bits of code. Also, they would need to know the transmission method, the client, the service, and the protocol. Based on the time frame, it was prolly a set of hand driven switches/relays that had to be set on site, and had to be input on site. Actually, IIRC there were cards kept in a safe that had switch settings on them. The operators would use the cards to set a series of rotary switches before they turned the keys. Those settings would then be converted to a binary instruction set for the systems on the delivery system. So, while the final output was 8bit binary, the input would have been 8 times the number of positions on the rotary switches.

Re: OT: Funny in a really scary way
 

Just great, GP think of this for a second, WWIII started by a kid hacker breaking into the militaries most advanced war computer because the GD military was too stupid to change the firewall codes from defualt. I wonder if we can make a movie out of this or not? I think Mathew Brodrick would make a great 14 year old kid... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Re: OT: Funny in a really scary way
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I LIKE it! Write it up and send it it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

I can see this degenerating into "no you do it, no you do it, no you do it". At one time I would have written it up and sent it in but nowadays, making a movie that says the military leaders are idio....88 22 349*@ &&@*.........(click)

[ June 04, 2004, 21:07: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]

Re: OT: Funny in a really scary way
 

Hummmmmmmmmm what to call it now? I know.. WARGAMES. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

Re: OT: Funny in a really scary way
 

They might have done it thinking that no one would try 0000000 as a first guess. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

But the part that scares me is that someone showing the system to a big wig might also put in 0000000 figuring there is no way it could possibly be the right code.

Chances are that there was no thinking. They are nothing but a bunch of Windows Users. 0000000 was the default that the software installed with and it was years before anyone bothered to even consider changing it.

[ June 04, 2004, 12:56: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]