[42829] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: National infrastructure asset
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Bownes)
Sun Sep 23 15:41:02 2001
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Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2001 12:37:46 -0700
From: Bob Bownes <bownes@web9.com>
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USG has assets inside a number of co-lo providers. One of the companies
I work with happens to provide some under sub-contract to DOE. No
details available as to where it is however. :-}
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Timothy Brown wrote:
>
> > But it does bring up another issue. As far as I know, Exodus is
> > the only colocation designated a "national infrastructure asset.
> > http://www.thestreet.com/tech/internet/1090327.html
> >
> > I have no idea what that means in practical terms. But I did want
> > to raise the question. As an industry, we aren't vertically integrated.
> > Instead its an inter-linked set of dependencies. Its not like the old
> > days when the government could just call up Ma Bell, and find out what is
> > happening.
>
> It is my understanding that the US Government has "national infrastructure"
> inside Exodus facilities. As for what that means precisely, it's anyone's
> guess. Security at the Exodus facility in Atlanta has always been pretty
> good, but I wouldn't call it stellar.
>
> I know that the USG at one point had significant infrastructure inside the
> Atlanta facility. I recall seeing some serious looking cages around routers
> and Sun gear, but I couldn't say for sure; it was a long time ago.
>
> Tim
