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CreamKsays...The SIGINT side of this all is still completely overlooked. You can copy every bit coming from fibers without anyone noticing it in either end. Hell, you can't see it happening between two closest nodes... All you see is a slight drop in the signal levels as few photons are separated from the original stream and then amplified before it's sent thru the same network as regular traffic.
radxsays...I wouldn't say it's completely overlooked. Heck, we still have the paperwork of our former national telecommunication/postal company that detailed the construction of special rooms at the IXPs and other nodes for just this purpose. I suppose it's just one or more ports these days, like the Dutch government has at AMS-IX.
The SIGINT side of this all is still completely overlooked. You can copy every bit coming from fibers without anyone noticing it in either end. Hell, you can't see it happening between two closest nodes... All you see is a slight drop in the signal levels as few photons are separated from the original stream and then amplified before it's sent thru the same network as regular traffic.
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