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Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JC Dill)
Mon Nov 3 01:26:52 2003

Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 22:24:53 -0800
To: "NANOG" <nanog@merit.edu>
From: JC Dill <nanog@vo.cnchost.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0311030437050.11275@rampart.argfrp.us.uu.net
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At 08:53 PM 11/2/2003, you wrote:
>I'm fairly certain that the telco huts or CO's have to accomodate multiple
>groups having access, so I'd bet that a padlock probably is a tough sell

There are special latches that accommodate multiple padlocks, where 
unlocking any one padlock opens the latch.  They are routinely used on 
private gates in remote areas where each property owner (and the local fire 
department) have individual locks on the gate and opening any one lock 
allows access.

One such device is shown on here:

<http://www.tayhope.com/mlus.htm>

jc




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