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No software is ever gonna be bullet proof.
by xmlninja 12y ago
No software is ever gonna be bullet proof.
- logicallee 12y agoExcept the software running a tank.
- valarauca1 12y agoI write software that runs on tanks, its not bullet proof. Most the communication protocols just use security though obscurity. If you tell a gear box to shift form 1st to snip it'll do it, and break everything. But when you considered air gap, and physical security surrounding it (12 inches of plate steal, 5 man team with guns, massive main gun), its pretty secure.
- clhodapp 12y agoI think it was a joke... You can fire bullets at the tank and the stuff inside is fine.
- valarauca1 12y agoIt is, but vehicles including tanks and other armored things use horribly insecure serial protocols for communication. Which is no joke :\
- al2o3cr 12y agoOnly for suitably small values of "bullet". :)
- baddox 12y agoNot unless you're defining "bullets" to exclude things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Ammunition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uranium#Ammunition.
- dhimes 12y agoExcept the software running a tank. I write software that runs on tanks Ha! Only on HN...
- mschulkind 12y agoI'm thinking the joke is that, since the software runs inside the tank, which itself is bulletproof, the software is literally bulletproof since you can't shoot it with a bullet.
- dfc 12y agoModern tanks have steel armor plates that are 12 inches thick?
- tacticus 12y agoi think they measure tank armour as equivalent to RHA steel so it probably isn't steel in large quantities just as good as 300mm of RHA
- mpyne 12y agoI've used important software for submarines. OPSEC limits what I can say, but let's just say I wasn't very impressed.