[164092] 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 11:01:16 2013
From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins@arbor.net>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:58:28 +0000
In-Reply-To: <20130625145332.GG9807@besserwisser.org>
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On Jun 25, 2013, at 9:53 PM, M=E5ns Nilsson wrote:
> IVY BELLS (USN is / was an ALL-CAPS org, right?) was a copper era project=
, and it did use EMI tapping (TEMPEST) to get to the traffic
> without tampering with the cable.
Fiber can be tapped, too, though it's not as easy as EMI. Heck, it can eve=
n be potentially 'pre-tapped' prior to deployment.
> Having gotten that cleared, I'd argue that if you're on speaking terms wi=
th the cable operator, it is much easier to use a full-spectrum monitor por=
t on the WDM system.
The issue is that the cable operator may be on speaking terms with reporter=
s at the Guardian.
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