[51089] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: your mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nathan Stratton)
Tue Aug 20 17:01:34 2002
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 17:00:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net>
To: "N. Richard Solis" <nrsolis@aol.net>
Cc: Paul Vixie <vixie@vix.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <LIEIJNKJONCCDDOFLHNBCEIHCDAA.nrsolis@aol.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, N. Richard Solis wrote:
> I think that getting caught is a good indication that they take the security
> of the facility seriously. Some places will ban you forever if you violate
> their policies. The mantrap thing is there for a reason. People are always
> free to build out their own spaces however they wish. If you don't like
> their policies, don't colo there. Build your own. I like their approach of
> controlling access very tightly. Overkill is definitely better than
> underkill. My experience is that a lot of security measures that appear
> ridiculous or redundant actually act as a defense-in-depth strategy. Their
> practice of requiring a guard to leave the control booth to allow someone in
> instead of using a buzzer may seem stupid but serves an important but not
> entirely well-publicized purpose.
I was not caught, that was my issue. They only gave me a hard time after I
showed them all the issues they had with their security. My issue is they
have very little control.
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Nathan Stratton
nathan at robotics.net
http://www.robotics.net
