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RE: $400 million network upgrade for the Pentagon

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Blake Fithen)
Tue Aug 13 18:16:38 2002

Reply-To: <fithen@networksplus.net>
From: "Blake Fithen" <fithen@networksplus.net>
To: "'Brad Knowles'" <brad.knowles@skynet.be>,
	"'gg'" <ggregory@affinitas.net>, "'Sean Donelan'" <sean@donelan.com>,
	<nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 17:13:02 -0500
In-Reply-To: <a05111b46b97f1885d1b2@[146.106.12.76]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu


> Brad Knowles:
> 	The Pentagon has windows.  It also has an ancient system of air 
> pipes aimed at all of the windows...

<paranoia>

Is this sensitive info?   Couldn't someone (theoretically) aim a
"beam" at an unoccupied office and another at their objective 
office then filter out the 'noise'?

</paranoia>

Sorry for the O.T.

--
blake



> Brad Knowles, <brad.knowles@skynet.be>
> 
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>      -Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania.
> 
> GCS/IT d+(-) s:+(++)>: a C++(+++)$ UMBSHI++++$ P+>++ L+ !E 
> W+++(--) N+ !w---
> O- M++ V PS++(+++) PE- Y+(++) PGP>+++ t+(+++) 5++(+++) 
> X++(+++) R+(+++)
> tv+(+++) b+(++++) DI+(++++) D+(++) G+(++++) e++>++++ h--- 
> r---(+++)* z(+++)
> 

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