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From: gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: good passwords
Message-ID: <8262@brl-smoke.ARPA>
Date: 29 Jul 88 04:37:05 GMT
References: <16473@brl-adm.ARPA> <4451@fluke.COM> <651@sunspot.UUCP> <1624@uop.edu> <681@viscous>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <681@viscous> brianm@sco.COM (Brian Moffet) writes:
-In article <1624@uop.edu> todd@uop.edu ( Todd/Dr. Nethack ) writes:
-+Why don't you guys use wire taps?
-+You don't even have to have to cut into the wires to gain access!!
-Except for terminals which use light fiber as their means of communications.
-There is no way of tapping these without cutting the wire, and even then
-you need an incredible amount of technology available.

Well, that's not very widespread yet, but even so, fiber-optic cable
can be tapped without severing the fiber.