[92983] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Collocation Access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Mon Oct 23 17:24:29 2006
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:23:34 -0400
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Marshall Eubanks <tme@multicasttech.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2006 at 03:06:57PM -0400, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
> I once was going to a meeting at a colo in Tysons Corner, which will
> remain nameless (but you would know it).
>
> Like most of them, it wasn't well marked, and we couldn't find it.
> Three of us wound up walking through an open door on the loading dock
> and onto the colo floor with no checks what-so-ever. We finally met
> somebody, asked where so-and-so's office was, and (after a very odd
> look) were told to go out again, walk around the building and go
> through security.
>
> But, I always thought that the purpose of most security was
> psychological reassurance anyway...
>
> Regards
> Marshall
If it's the one I'm thinking of, they closed it and moved everything out
to Ashburn for just that reason - insufficient security. [I had worked
in that building decades before they moved in, and it was NOT designed
with a data center in mind.]
--
Joe Yao
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