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Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks

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Il Sat, 19 Oct 2019 09:44:50 -0700, zfkirone ha scritto:

> https://www.c4isrnet.com/air/2019/10/17/the-us-nuclear-forces-dr-
strangelove-era-messaging-system-finally-got-rid-of-its-floppy-disks/
> 
> Il sistema di lancio di missili nucleari finora faceva uso di floppy
> disk da 8 pollici.
> 
> Un piccolo estratto:
> «
> But no more. At long last, that system, the Strategic Automated Command
> and Control System or SACCS, has dumped the floppy disk, moving to a
> “highly-secure solid state digital storage solution” this past June,
> said Lt. Col. Jason Rossi,
> commander of the Air Force’s 595th Strategic Communications Squadron.
> 
> [...]
> 
> "I joke with people and say it's the Air Force's oldest IT system. But
> it's the age that provides that security,” Rossi said in an October
> interview. "You can't hack something that doesn't have an IP address.
> It's a very unique system — it is old and it is very good."
> 
> In 2016, the Government Accountability Office wrote that SACCS runs on
> an IBM Series/1 computer dating from the 1970s and that the Defense
> Department planned “to update its data storage solutions, port expansion
> processors, portable terminals, and desktop terminals by the end of
> fiscal year 2017,” but it’s unclear whether those upgrades have
> occurred.
> »
> 
> L'hardware viene riparato a livello di componentistica, invece di
> rimpiazzare schede usa-e-getta :)
> Il software viene aggiornato costantemente, dicono :D
> 
> Curiosamente, nella seconda parte mi ha dato l'impressione di leggere
> una sorta di campagna promozionale per la ricerca di personale...
> Manca giusto lo zioSam con "I want YOU" ^_^;;;
> 
> CYA

spostare le comunicazioni alle basi degli ICBM passando dall'HUB 
satellitare, piuttosto che dal "passaparola" dei ponti radio terrestri, 
espone tutte le basi degli ICBM dispiegate a terra, alla rottura delle 
comunicazioni per sindrome di Kessler.





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[articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks zfkirone@gmail.com - 2019-10-19 09:44 -0700
  Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks scap61 <scap6161@yahoo.it> - 2019-10-21 00:20 -0700
    Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-21 08:22 +0000
  Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-21 07:57 +0000
    Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks Giulia <far5893@iperbole.bologna.it> - 2019-10-21 10:09 +0200
      Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-21 08:27 +0000
        Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "dott.Piergiorgio" <chiedetemelo@ask.me> - 2019-11-01 09:22 +0100
        Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "dott.Piergiorgio" <chiedetemelo@ask.me> - 2019-11-02 12:53 +0100
          Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-11-04 12:41 +0000
      Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-21 10:31 +0000
        Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks mverpelli@libero.it - 2019-10-22 02:18 -0700
          Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-22 09:47 +0000
            Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks bfz <bfz@lbr.it> - 2019-10-22 12:09 +0200
              Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-22 10:19 +0000
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks bfz <bfz@lbr.it> - 2019-10-22 12:45 +0200
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks mverpelli@libero.it - 2019-10-22 03:57 -0700
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-22 13:08 +0000
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-22 12:53 +0000
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks giulia <far5893@iperbole.bologna.it> - 2019-10-22 23:08 +0200
                Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "the F.O." <f.o@forward-observer.net> - 2019-10-22 21:51 +0000
  Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks "dott.Piergiorgio" <chiedetemelo@ask.me> - 2019-11-01 09:10 +0100
    Re: [articolo] The US nuclear forces’ Dr. Strangelove-era messaging system finally got rid of its floppy disks Giuseppe³ <miaooaimATtiscaliDOTit@xxx.xxx> - 2019-11-02 20:32 +0100

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