[164091] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Are undersea cables tapped before they get to ISP's? [was Re:
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dobbins, Roland)
Tue Jun 25 10:56:50 2013
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:55:23 +0000
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 9:38 PM, Christopher Morrow wrote:
> this I thought included the capabilities to drag the fiber/line into the =
hull for 'work' to be done... I'd note that introducing signal
> loss on the longhaul fiber seems 'risky', you'd have to know (and this is=
n't hard I bet) the tolerances of the link in question and have a
> way to stay inside those tolerances and not introduce new splice-points/j=
unctions/etc and be careful for the undersea cable
> power (electric) requirements as well.
Kind of makes one think about the spate of high-profile submarine cable bre=
aks over the past couple of years in a different light, doesn't it?
;>
> and yea, why not just work with the landindstation operators to use the e=
xisting monitoring ports they use? (or get a copy of the monitor ports)
Operational security in the original meaning of the term (i.e., what people=
don't know about, they can't talk to reporters from the Guardian about).
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