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Re: an over-the-top data center

  • From: Daniel Golding
  • Date: Tue Dec 02 11:50:36 2008


On Nov 28, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Jean-François Mezei wrote:

Måns Nilsson wrote:

Exactly where is of course known in the business, but not so well that it
is OK to post their locations on Nanog.

The problem with this mentality is that it does not deter those wishing
to do harm to the data centre or corporation.


There are in fact, numerous public information sources and commercial databases that list every major and minor colocation and datacenter in the world. Please do not assume that folks don't know where you are peering - they have street addresses, postal codes, satellite photos, and the name of the guard at the door.

- Daniel Golding