Are undersea cables tapped before they get to ISP's? [was Re: Security over SONET/SDH]

Tue Jun 25 17:14:05 UTC 2013

At 10:38 25/06/2013 -0400, Christopher Morrow wrote:

>this involved, I think, just intuiting signals from the nearfield
>effects of the cable, no? 'drop a large sensor ontop-of/next-to the
>cable, win!'
>
> > <http://defensetech.org/2005/02/21/jimmy-carter-super-spy/>
>
>this I thought included the capabilities to drag the fiber/line into
>the hull for 'work' to be done... I'd note that introducing signal
>loss on the longhaul fiber seems 'risky', you'd have to know (and this
>isn't hard I bet) the tolerances of the link in question and have a
>way to stay inside those tolerances and not introduce new
>splice-points/junctions/etc and be careful for the undersea cable
>power (electric) requirements as well.
>
>fun stuff!

Fun stuff indeed...sell to one org or the other:
http://www.glimmerglass.com/solutions/submarine-cable-landing-stations/
http://www.glimmerglass.com/solutions/cyber-security-and-lawful-interception/

-Hank