Re: NYT: Phone Network Is Vulnerable, Report Finds (fwd)
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. 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. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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.
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.
CALEA. We're getting close. Actually, I'm waiting for the next 'call for papers' as I'd like to present something on this at NANOG, packetcable side, voip, as it is going to affect network operations in a large way. Regards, -- Martin Hannigan hannigan@fugawi.net
Hmmm, I suppose the Wakenhut guys could be used for this as well. Why not if we use the black choppers and trucks. At least that's who I recall was providing armed security at one of my former employers. On Tue, 6 Aug 2002, 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.
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.
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
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