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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical 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 [email protected] & 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
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