Nuke Launch Pin Number: 00000000
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 1:25am |
 Coolness: 339610 | [ www.damninteresting.com ]
Good to know the US military puts a lot into global safety eh? I wonder how hard it is to guess an eight digit PIn code that allows the launch of nuclear missles, if the PIN is: 00000000 :| |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fuzzyjack a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 6:56am |
 Coolness: 34455 | How is it easier to guess ? unless the device is preset to this value, it's not that easy to guess.
Granted, someone who would want to "crack" the code would probably try 00000000 or 12345678 first, right ? I'm not so sure you can walk into a military facility and take the time to do this "guessing game" anyway... |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 8:23am |
 Coolness: 102710 | ^^ maybe you should read the blog first
Military personnel, e.g. maintenance airmen, and civilian contractors who possessed minimal security credentials were granted LCC access, and annually thousands of visitors holding no clearance whatsoever were permitted access to operational LCCs. In the interest of public relations, the Air Force permitted ready access to the Minuteman launch network by practically anyone desiring it.
the first number you would try cracking a pin is 00000000, the second is 00000001, third is 00000003, et cetera..... This was in the 60s and 70s, it was the Cold War era. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 8:31am |
 Coolness: 685535 | ...and yet you somehow forget to post the IMPORTANT part.
For seventeen years, during the height of the nuclear crises of the Cold War, the code remained all zeros, and was even printed in each silo’s launch checklist for all to see. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 8:46am |
| Coolness: 102710 | ^^ that's cuz i didn't read the article myself, i just skim through it. :b |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 8:52am |
| Coolness: 685535 | What are you, Neoform now? :lol |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 9:18am |
| Coolness: 339610 | HEY!
I read at least 3 sentences of the article.. ... so no i didn't skim it.. i just didn't finish it..! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fuzzyjack a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 10:43am |
| Coolness: 34455 | Originally posted by TREY...
the first number you would try cracking a pin is 00000000, the second is 00000001, third is 00000003, et cetera..... This was in the 60s and 70s, it was the Cold War era. You would do that (use the "sequential entry beginning with the smaller value" approach) only if you actually had (99 999 999 / 2) trials. But obviously you are left in the same room "unsupervised" with the protected device for a few seconds or less. In this case, you have to cleverly select a few numbers. If you select maybe 5 combinations among (99 999 999 / 2) possible ones, what are the chances you will select 00000000 ? not great, unless you *already* know it is below some treshold. In other words, you have no greater chance to guess the number whether it's 00000000 or 17542645. So finally, no one would attempt to crack this device unless they already had a good idea what the PIN is (by spying or technological means), he would simply get caught. This is why they use stupid PIN's and why it doesn't matter in the first place. The protection is the PIN mechanism, and not the PIN itself. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 11:59am |
| Coolness: 339610 | uhh, dude.
ever notice luggage's default number? 000. Yeah, 00000000 would be something i'd guess. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» M-A-X a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 12:01pm |
 Coolness: 121580 | lol, im sure the new code is 12345 |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» fuzzyjack a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 12:16pm |
| Coolness: 34455 | Originally posted by DJNEOFORM...
uhh, dude. ever notice luggage's default number? 000. Yeah, 00000000 would be something i'd guess. LOL I'm sure it's also the convention for thermonuclear devices... yeah now that I think of it, Samsonite also makes explosive luggage intented for the terrorist market overseas. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 1:12pm |
| Coolness: 339610 | i dunno, what password do you type in when you're trying to GUESS a password? forget that it might not be obvious right off the bat (and ignoring that the code was posted up in a visible place), keep in mind that some people *would* try 00000000 as a combo.. just by guessing..
the odds might be slim, but the result is disaster. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Teblchple7 a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 3:18pm |
 Coolness: 44245 | Greetings, professor Falken. Shall we play a game? |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead a répondu le Sun 6 Nov, 2005 @ 3:21pm |
| Coolness: 685535 | A strange game, the only winning moe is not to play... ;) |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» trashandsuicide a répondu le Mon 7 Nov, 2005 @ 5:53am |
 Coolness: 75215 | Ahh... I'm glad we averted Thermo Nuclear War by likening it to Tic Tac Toe... really saved our asses... too bad Ferris didn't get laid. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer a répondu le Mon 7 Nov, 2005 @ 6:30am |
 Coolness: 92210 | I definitately wouldn't have thought it was 000000 or this wouldn't even be news. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» trashandsuicide a répondu le Mon 7 Nov, 2005 @ 6:36am |
| Coolness: 75215 | I think ultimately it doesn't matter what the fucking code is since there's about a zillion failsafes put in place and even if you have the right code, its not like you can actually launch Nukes... since there's all these people/machines/everything else that can just go "No" and stop the whole process. Knowing the code is only like #3597 on a 10000 item list of things that need to be done to launch a nuke without the government knowing about it. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» neoform a répondu le Mon 7 Nov, 2005 @ 10:23am |
| Coolness: 339610 | uhhh, no.. launching a nuke is meant to be a very fast process.. that's why they made the code all 0's they want to be able to launch it as soon as they hear nukes have been launched at them.. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» trashandsuicide a répondu le Mon 7 Nov, 2005 @ 11:13pm |
| Coolness: 75215 | Note the "Launch a Nuke Without The Government Knowing About It" part of that. If you're the president you can do it in a few seconds. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» moondancer a répondu le Tue 8 Nov, 2005 @ 12:48am |
| Coolness: 92210 | They would never launch it, cause there would be camera's on them, and they are all easily identifiable employees or visitors. So if they did launch it, it would be in exchange for their own life. Still retarded though, if I wanted to blow up America, getting a job there would be convenient, since I would have otherwise just blown myself up to kill two people.. now I get the electric chair but I get to kill a gazillion people. |
Nuke Launch Pin Number: 00000000
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