At 06:53 PM 8/6/2002 -0400, David Lesher wrote:
Unnamed Administration sources reported that Martin Hannigan said:
If you get the report, I'd be interested, but they'd have to encase the
entire
country, poles, manholes, generators, central offices, etc into concrete and steel to make it secure. With enough knowledge, it's easy, and the terrorists aren't all stupid. Mostly.
All Ridge has to do is classify every cable map, LERG, CLLI list, and telco office guide in the country. Paint all the telco trucks black, to go with the helicopters. And/or, federalize the whole beast, like the railroads during WWI.
Right. Which is basically impossible. I think redundancy with improved security is where they will be best served. There will be no total secureness.
Remember when the FBI Wiretap Act/GAK folks wanted most/all telco employees to get clearances? This should make that look trivial. Is "system admin" anyone with root access? We better serial-number all Linux downloads.
They're off that kick. For now. Regards, -- Martin Hannigan hannigan@fugawi.net