[70172] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "Network Card Theft Causes Internet Outage"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Tue May 4 11:17:35 2004
Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 08:13:33 -0700
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
From: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
Reply-To: "Jeff Shultz" <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
In-Reply-To: <006301c431e7$d42ecda0$6401a8c0@stephen>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
I admit, my first reaction was, "Maybe they should interview anyone
that just brought in an empty router chassis.... and now has DS3's
running..." (gotta keep a hot spare after all)
** Reply to message from "Stephen Sprunk" <stephen@sprunk.org> on Tue,
4 May 2004 09:37:10 -0500
> Thus spake "Andy Dills" <andy@xecu.net>
> > Just in case any of you don't read slashdot:
> >
> > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1583347,00.asp
> >
> > "Law enforcement officials said four DS-3 cards were reported missing from
> > a Manhattan co-location facility owned by Verizon Communications Inc. The
> > theft at 240 E. 38th St. occurred just after 10:30 p.m. on Sunday and is
> > being investigated by New York City Police and members of the joint
> > terrorism task force, according to NYPD spokesman Lt. Brian Burke. "
>
> One must wonder why the headline is "Network Card Theft Causes Internet
> Outage" instead of "Carrier Sercurity Negligence Causes Internet Outage".
>
> S
>
> Stephen Sprunk "Stupid people surround themselves with smart
> CCIE #3723 people. Smart people surround themselves with
> K5SSS smart people who disagree with them." --Aaron Sorkin
--
Jeff Shultz
A railfan pulls up to a grade crossing hoping that
there will be a train.
