It's important to remember that Wargames
wasn't about hacking and
computers. It was about the foolishness of the Cold War. Basically it
says, "Hey if a dumb computer can figure out how stupid it is, why can't
we?" BTW General Berringer's line (something like) "I don't know about
you but I'm not about to trust the security of the nation to a SILICON
diode!" has a real-life origin. There was, in fact, in the late 70s or
very early 80s a false missile launch detection resulting from a fried
passive component like a diode. Somewhere I have an article about it.
It was traced to some "iffy" parts sold by National - probably simple
glue. It tends to get mentioned in several engineering ethics textbooks.
Wargames? Hated it.
William Donzelli
william(a)ans.net