[50673] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: NYT: Phone Network Is Vulnerable, Report Finds (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Tue Aug 6 22:19:55 2002
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2002 22:19:55 -0400
To: wb8foz@nrk.com, nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@fugawi.net>
In-Reply-To: <200208062253.SAA08857@sigma.nrk.com>
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At 06:53 PM 8/6/2002 -0400, David Lesher wrote:
>Unnamed Administration sources reported that Martin Hannigan said:
> >
> >
> >
> > If you get the report, I'd be interested, but they'd have to encase the
> entire
> > country, poles, manholes, generators, central offices, etc into concrete
> > and steel to make it secure. With enough knowledge, it's easy, and the
> > terrorists aren't all stupid. Mostly.
>
>All Ridge has to do is classify every cable map, LERG, CLLI list,
>and telco office guide in the country. Paint all the telco trucks
>black, to go with the helicopters. And/or, federalize the whole
>beast, like the railroads during WWI.
Right. Which is basically impossible. I think redundancy with improved
security is where they will be best served. There will be no total secureness.
>Remember when the FBI Wiretap Act/GAK folks wanted most/all telco
>employees to get clearances? This should make that look trivial.
>Is "system admin" anyone with root access? We better serial-number
>all Linux downloads.
They're off that kick. For now.
Regards,
--
Martin Hannigan hannigan@fugawi.net
