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USG has assets inside a number of co-lo providers. One of the companies I work with happens to provide some under sub-contract to DOE. No details available as to where it is however. :-} iii Timothy Brown wrote: > > > But it does bring up another issue. As far as I know, Exodus is > > the only colocation designated a "national infrastructure asset. > > http://www.thestreet.com/tech/internet/1090327.html > > > > I have no idea what that means in practical terms. But I did want > > to raise the question. As an industry, we aren't vertically integrated. > > Instead its an inter-linked set of dependencies. Its not like the old > > days when the government could just call up Ma Bell, and find out what is > > happening. > > It is my understanding that the US Government has "national infrastructure" > inside Exodus facilities. As for what that means precisely, it's anyone's > guess. Security at the Exodus facility in Atlanta has always been pretty > good, but I wouldn't call it stellar. > > I know that the USG at one point had significant infrastructure inside the > Atlanta facility. I recall seeing some serious looking cages around routers > and Sun gear, but I couldn't say for sure; it was a long time ago. > > Tim
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