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RE: Collocation Access Control
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 02:43:32 -0500 (CDT)
On Mon, 23 Oct 2006, Alex Rubenstein wrote:
(They let me in eventually with a passport. But if they're going to trust a foreign-issued passport as photo id, it's not really that obvious to me why they wouldn't trust a foreign-issued driving licence. It's not like they can really tell whether either of them are forged.)What I've never understood is, that, how a gov't issue ID (for the purposes of allowing entry) is of any use whatsoever. It's not as if someone is doing a instand background check to know if the person is a criminal, or wanted, or whatever. It's trivial to forge a gov't ID.
I see the frustration, but not the problem. 1. Verify with your supplier that they are sending somebody. 2. Get names and other identifying details to your satisfaction. 3. And this is the tricky part - identify them. Identification: --------------- There are many solutions for #3 to happen. Any badge-based security system can be broken with 5 minutes worth of operational intelligence gathering, if you are that much of a target for someone to care. All you need is to actually have security with a beurocratic system for admitting people and enforcing others don't get in, and then work it out with your supplier/whoever else you want to let in. In-doors: --------- Once you identify them, depending on your concerns, make sure they are escorted through-out their stay or just let them roam. Conclusions: ------------ I think that although your concerns are justified, they are msiplaced with AT&T, they should be with your own security, if it is of importance - which may not be the case. Gadi.
Current thread:
- Re: Practical Common Practice for Collocation Access, (continued)
- Re: Practical Common Practice for Collocation Access Gadi Evron (Oct 24)
- Re: Practical Common Practice for Collocation Access Mike Hughes (Oct 24)
- Re: Collocation Access Joe Maimon (Oct 23)
- Re: Collocation Access bmanning (Oct 23)
- Re: Collocation Access Joseph S D Yao (Oct 23)
- Re: Collocation Access Mike Hughes (Oct 24)
- Re: Collocation Access Jay Hennigan (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access Alex Rubenstein (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access John Curran (Oct 23)
- Re: Collocation Access Joe Provo (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access Control Gadi Evron (Oct 24)
- RE: Collocation Access Brandon Butterworth (Oct 23)
- Re: Collocation Access Roland Perry (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access Nick Thompson (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access Steve Gibbard (Oct 23)
- RE: Collocation Access Frank Coluccio (Oct 24)