On Fri, 06 Sep 2002 17:15:52 EDT, batz said:
To a network technician, it doesn't matter whether it's terrorists or cow tipping teenagers causing outages, as the depth of analysis required to fix the problem doesn't involve speculating about the identities and motives of the perpetrators.
Actually, it does. If it's a cable cut caused by a backhoe or a cow-tipping teenager, I can probably safely send out a tech with a splicing kit. If it's a terrorist attack, I may want to think for a bit whether I can re-route around it and let authorities secure the area before I even THINK of sending in a tech with a splicing kit. It's the rare backhoe or bovine that presents a threat of boobytraps, chemical/biological weapons, snipers, etc.... -- Valdis Kletnieks Computer Systems Senior Engineer Virginia Tech