Re: Fiber optic vampire taps

From: Meritt James (meritt_james@bah.com)
Date: 12/30/02

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From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james@bah.com>
To: nick@systemsecuritysolutions.com

    What we did at another location was to run the network inside of piping
    and the pipes were then pressurized. Then monitor the pressure.
    Tapping the 'net without causing a drop in pressure was not trivial...
    ;-) YOu didn't mention the run.

    Jim

    Nick Iglehart wrote:
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    > To all who are following this thread:
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    > My main interest in strating this thread was to determine whether the
    > possibility of unobtrusive fiber tapping should be taken into account
    > when designing physical security for the fiber line.
    >
    > Based on the replies I think it is fair to say that this type of
    > fiber tapping is probably a very remote possibility. Of course data
    > between the endpoints will be encrypted and there is a high level of
    > security at each end. Physical security methods are going to be
    > employed on the fiber line itself.
    >
    > Thanks for all of the replies, especially those of you who actually
    > spent some time looking into this stuff.
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    > Regards,
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    > Nick Iglehart
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