[114988] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut - response in seconds?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Tue Jun 2 11:31:04 2009
In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021116460.3244@nog.angryox.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:30:19 -0400
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Peter Beckman <beckman@angryox.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, JC Dill wrote:
>
>>>> Why do they "watch" and "monitor" rather than proactively go out and s=
ay
>>>> "watch out, there's an unmarked cable here" and keep them from cutting=
the
>>>> cable in the first place?
>
> =A0Because if they DON'T hit the line, it is still a secret.
>
> =A0Then again, if they DO hit the line, it's pretty obvious what the line=
is
> =A0for and at least one place it runs. =A0I wonder if the Gov't schedules=
a
> =A0move of the line once it's operational security is comprimised by an
> =A0accidental cut.
putting fiber in the ground isn't a quiet task...
