Cart and Horse

Mon Apr 13 17:23:27 UTC 2009

Church, Charles wrote:
> Wouldn't some authentication system be more useful than trying to lock
> all the manholes?  Picture a system maybe using RFID or some other radio
> system where you walk up to manhole, wave your 'wand' (like a Mobil
> Speedpass), you hear a couple beeps, and you're cleared to open the
> manhole.  Without authenticating, you can still get in, but the NOCs at
> local utilities and telcos are notified, maybe police as well.  If you
> can tie access to a particular person's ID, I doubt that person will
> misuse it. 

Get the guy drunk on Friday night, pickpocket his ID, cut fiber.  

> "Roy" <r.engehausen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> A friend mentioned at dinner yesterday that he spotted several AT&T
>> trucks next to manholes in the area affected by the fiber cut.  They
>> were busy welding the manhole covers to their rims. 
And now the security theater begins.

jc