[50932] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: $400 million network upgrade for the Pentagon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Schwartz)
Thu Aug 15 18:44:18 2002
From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
To: <brad.knowles@skynet.be>, Scott Granados <scott@graphidelix.net>,
Al Rowland <alan_r1@corp.earthlink.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 15:43:44 -0700
In-Reply-To: <a05111b71b9808e68d1bb@[146.106.12.76]>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
>I'm sure that they have all sorts of methods. On the other=
hand,
>cellphones make devilishly difficult "bugs" to eliminate,=
especially
>the ones that are capable of automatically answering the call=
and
>activating the microphone without any audible ring. You can't=
just
>block all cellphones, because many people carry pagers that work=
on
>the same frequencies, and many people carry cellphones that=
they
>depend on.
=09You can, and they do. Most of the secure government facilities=
I've been
into have a strict policy that absolutely nothing that can or=
does output a
signal is permitted into the building. That means cellphones,=
two-way pagers,
you name it.
=09The official reason I was told was that such a device may=
'accidentally'
transmit classified information out of the facility. But I=
suspect the real
reason is so that any signal they detect that they don't know=
about can be
treated as hostile.
=09DS
