[51806] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Vulnerbilities of Interconnection
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Fri Sep 6 14:31:31 2002
To: batz <batsy@vapour.net>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:15:52 EDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 14:30:02 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
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On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:15:52 EDT, batz said:
> To a network technician, it doesn't matter whether it's terrorists or cow
> tipping teenagers causing outages, as the depth of analysis required to
> fix the problem doesn't involve speculating about the identities and
> motives of the perpetrators.
Actually, it does. If it's a cable cut caused by a backhoe or a cow-tipping
teenager, I can probably safely send out a tech with a splicing kit. If
it's a terrorist attack, I may want to think for a bit whether I can re-route
around it and let authorities secure the area before I even THINK of sending
in a tech with a splicing kit.
It's the rare backhoe or bovine that presents a threat of boobytraps,
chemical/biological weapons, snipers, etc....
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Valdis Kletnieks
Computer Systems Senior Engineer
Virginia Tech
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