Re: The Warm Equations

Jay E. Morris <morrisj@epsilon3.comcon> wrote:

On 6/27/2024 4:19 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

Apparently, US military vehicles such as tanks and jet aircraft don't
have keys - they are normally stored in secure areas, and lost
per-vehicle keys would provide an failure path in an emergency.

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Can't speak for jets but armored vehicle hatches are padlocked closed.
Non armored (at least in my day) used a padlock and chain between the
steering wheel and another point.  If the key is lost it just requires
cutting the padlock, not replacing the ignition lock. But if someone
wants to drive the tank off and run it into the MP station (Ft. Knox,
70s) they just need to bring the bolt cutters.

A former worker in our computer security group, after taking a lot of
the wrong kind of drugs, decided to take a ride in an APC through the
streets of Richmond, VA.  A google search on "Richmond Tank Thing"
should show some of the video.  Sadly he was not even one of the more
crazy people in his organization.
--scott
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