[64923] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chad Skidmore)
Wed Nov 5 00:41:50 2003
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 21:40:32 -0800
From: "Chad Skidmore" <cskidmore@go180.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
FWIW, the following is the notes from Qwest's outage notification on the
3rd.
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NOTES:
SS7 DUAL A-LINK FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SS7,NFC AND SWITCH.
(3) OC48'S FAILED/ SUSPECT FIBER CUT BTWN BLHMWA & E. STANWD RPTR/
UPGRADED TO RED DUE TO NALS/ STILL INVEST./ RR'G SS7 LINK TO RADIO
OTDR INDICATES 42 N. OF STTLWA04/ TECH ENROUTE TO ESWDWA RPTR/ ETA
45MINS. =20
TECHS ON SITE NOW / SUSPECT VANDALISM / LAW ENFORCEMENT ON SITE
TECHS ARE INSIDE HUT/ CABLE IS CUT AT HUT/ CONFIRMED VANALISM INSIDE HUT
TAKING PICTURES INSIDE HUT/ TEN FIBERS CUT/ LOADING EQPT. FROM TRUCK/ NO
ETR =20
FIBERS PRIORITIZED / 6 OF 10 FIBERS CUT / SPLICING WILL START IN 15MINS.
FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS ST
FIRST FIBERS ARE SPLICED/ A-LINKS RESTORED/ BLOCKING IS STARTING TO
CLEAR =20
BLOCKAGE STOPPED AT 12:45 PDT / SPLICING CONTINUES
CLEARING ALARMS & FINAL CLEAN UP ONGOING/
6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED. =20
6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED. =20
6 FIBERS SPLICE ALL ALARMS HAVE CLEARED 911 BACK ON NORMAL PATH AND
TESTED.
RESTORE DATE & TIME 2003-09-03 12:28:44 PDT=20
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Regards,
Chad
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Chad Skidmore
One Eighty Networks
http://www.go180.net
509-688-8180=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. [mailto:larrysheldon@cox.net]=20
Posted At: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:08 PM
Posted To: NANOG
Conversation: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest
Subject: Re: Sabotage investigation of fiber cuts in Northwest
JC Dill wrote:
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> At 07:32 PM 11/3/2003, John Fraizer wrote:
> >On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Owen DeLong wrote:
> >
> > > Maybe I'm missing something, but, if you have the bolt cutters, I=20
> > > don't see why you need the key to an adjacent lock or any of the
locks.
> >
> >Um, cutting a lock out gets it out of the mix but, you still have to=20
> >have the key to one of the other locks to complete the chain again. =20
> >Think about it.
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> A cut lock can be replaced with a similar replacement lock and usually
> no one will be the wiser. Look at the locks here:
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> <http://www.qsl.net/kf4lhp/telweb/microwave/kiv70/padlocks.jpg>
>=20
> The lock marked ATC is between 2 other locks (that's a hasp to its=20
> left, with rusty chain further to the left). It could be cut and=20
> replaced with a similar lock linking the other two locks, without=20
> opening either of the other two locks. On gates with many locks (I've
> seen chains of 6 or more), there is rarely any interest given to the=20
> locks that are not one's own responsibility.
I wonder if that Bell System (F7?) is ever unlocked anymore.
