| From: | IronRaven cyberraven@********.net |
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| Subject: | Ruger Thunderbolt (A correction) |
| Date: | Wed, 25 Aug 1999 20:02:18 -0400 |
>1) I can disable all the guns just by jamming the transmitter.
And thus the reason why you won't see this kind of gizmo in use with law
enforcement, unless it is a palm reader (and then only in temperate climes-
40 below with a 60 mph wind is NOT the time to take your warm, slightly
sweaty mitten off and grab a couple pounds of metal that aren't much warmer
than the air) or something that is hardwired, which would be of
questionable desirability for expense reasons and becuase, at lease in a
mil/LE situation, it posses too tempting a garotte and/or get snagged on
things (imagine chasing a perp hopped up designer amphetamines and armed
with a machete down a dumpster, trash and hobo strewn alley, and finally
cornering said perp in a dead-end- not the time to realise that your
control wire was ripped out of your gun six fences ago).
But then again, I am very much against this kind of technology, largely
for technical/tactical reasons.
>2) I can slag a gun by faking its disable code (much harder).
Not really, IMO. If you are using a em-based system, examining the
reciever will give you an idea of what frequencies you are needing to
transmit on. Then set up a small EM circuit, connect it to your computer,
and set up a routine that will transmit various combinations for 1 second
(pretty standard password cracking stuff- if it is cheesy encryption,
figure a Computer TN 5 for the program and just wait).
Either that, or tear it down, and figure out how to add a spoofing
circuit. Any decker worthy of the name can have the first one cracked in
less than 72 hours, and then under an hour each probably.
But then again, my major is electrical/computer engineering.
(Hey, call me Deadly Dilbert. <g>)
Kevin Dole, aka CyberRaven, aka IronRaven, aka Steel Tengu
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