[161430] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Network security on multiple levels (was Re: NYT covers China
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jamie Bowden)
Wed Mar 13 08:14:56 2013
From: Jamie Bowden <jamie@photon.com>
To: Shrdlu <shrdlu@deaddrop.org>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:14:39 +0000
In-Reply-To: <513FBB45.4060207@deaddrop.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
> From: Shrdlu [mailto:shrdlu@deaddrop.org]
> On 3/12/2013 4:16 PM, Warren Bailey wrote:
>=20
> > Contractors with facility clearances? I would find it hard to believe
> > dot gov would run secure circuits to a non secure facility. ;)
>=20
> The word "Contractor" is usually used to refer to anyone that has a
> contract to do work with the government. Having spent nearly my entire
> working life in those situations, I can absolutely and completely
> guarantee that this type of circuit is common, that the types of phones
> referred to are commonplace in such an environment, and that I have used
> such phones in the course of a normal day.
STU / STE units are not KGs. Different type of equipment. Far less functi=
onal and single purpose. =20
Jamie
