Re: "Sneakers" -- action/adventure movie about Cryptography

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 03:41

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karn@qualcom.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) writes:

>It sounds like that scene was written by the same guy who did the
>climax of "War Games". Remember how the computer (Joshua?) cracked the
>missile launch code ONE CHARACTER AT A TIME?

>I wish I could find a bank with a vault whose combination lock worked
>that way.

most cheap "number wheel" bike locks *do* work that way. Put tension
on the lock, then spin the cylinders. One will bind as it hits the 
correct number. Then you spin the remaining ones. One of *them* will
bind. Etc. It takes about a minute to open. :-)

I know of no *decent* lock that behaves this way. But there are a lot
of junk locks out there!
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Subject: Re: "Sneakers" -- action/adventure movie about Cryptography
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