[93838] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Collocation Access
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Galbraith)
Thu Dec 28 16:03:53 2006
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:03:05 -0600
From: "Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith@gmail.com>
To: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: "Daniel Golding" <dgolding@t1r.com>, nanog <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0612281549170.7886@clifden.donelan.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On 12/28/06, Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
> Don't forget the biggie. These are "shared use facilities." People who
> buy space in collocation facilities already have lower security
> requirements. The only thing keeping the "bad guys" out is whether
> their payment clears.
>
> Security by poverty?
Very true. If you have an application that requires a high level of
security, in a perfect world you'd have the budget to put it in your
own facility where you control physical access, not outsourced
security from a colo vendor.
--
Brandon Galbraith
Email: brandon.galbraith@gmail.com
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