[83166] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber cut in SJ
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe McGuckin)
Sat Aug 6 11:44:21 2005
Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2005 08:44:44 -0700
From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net>
To: George William Herbert <gherbert@retro.com>,
"Wayne E. Bouchard" <web@typo.org>, NANOG <nanog@merit.edu>
Cc: <gherbert@kw.retro.com>
In-Reply-To: <200508060312.j763C5ZD027616@kw.retro.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 8/5/05 8:12 PM, "George William Herbert" <gherbert@retro.com> wrote:
> First, an electrical contractor backhoed a large fiber
> link in downtown San Jose (address deleted due to security
> concerns) this morning, causing moderate damage.
That's just plain silly. As if we (or even your imagined 'terrorist') don't
know where the fiber runs around here.
Mindlessly classifying everything as 'secret' is a tactic I'd expect of DHS,
not NANOG. 'Need to know' does not appear anywhere in the constitution.
--
Joe McGuckin
ViaNet Communications
(address deleted due to security concerns)
