Re: Fiber optic vampire taps

["Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah 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.
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> 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.
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> 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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