I think people tend to go overboard in the planning phases for something like this. I remember rumors of a certain large ISP getting along fine for several years installing routers with a password like "getsmein". There are plenty of groups that publish guidelines on ISP configuration as well as a wealth of books on the subject. You'll just have to start out with the basics and learn as you go. I'm not sure you can get a magic bullet from a mailing list though. 2011/9/20 Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
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From: "Valdis Kletnieks" <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu>
As long as there is *A* failure mode? Hmm. <invents a movie-plot failure mode involving crazed ninjas with katanas loose in a switch room at one provider>. Yep, it's unlikely crazed ninjas will attack the switch rooms at both providers.
I too am a Schneier fan. But terrorists watch movies, too.
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