[113493] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut in SF area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Bates)
Mon Apr 13 20:33:31 2009
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:31:04 -0500
From: Jack Bates <jbates@brightok.net>
To: Nathan Ward <nanog@daork.net>
In-Reply-To: <9FF97860-7FB6-49CF-97DF-D9FBDF6013DF@daork.net>
Cc: nanog list <nanog@nanog.org>
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Nathan Ward wrote:
> Whack a $5 12v horn on it, and my bet is that it'd become a deterrent
> pretty quickly.
Presumes the perp isn't familiar with the hole, and it's security
measures. In this case, I doubt that either is the case. Pop in, snip
the wires on the horn, and do what you do.
Most of these measures also presume no shared access. I don't know the
layout in the area, but I would expect that some manholes/routes are
shared usage and maintenance. Not that my rural self remembers what a
manhole looks like under the lid. :)
I'm betting inside job, which means redundant routes, security measures,
etc all tend to go out the window unless some serious money goes into
it, and even then, is there a security mechanism that can't be broken?
Jack
