an over-the-top data center

Tue Dec 2 16:50:23 UTC 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