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From: s30986u@kaira.HUT.FI (Martin Helin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: wire tapping
Summary: cost of tapping light fiber ?
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Date: 2 Aug 88 14:51:42 GMT
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In article <814@naucse.UUCP> rrr@naucse.UUCP (Bob Rose ) writes:
>		 You can tap fiber optic without cutting the lines,
>but you must be very close (i.e. touching.) 

What would be the approximate cost of this kind of tapping and how much
of technical knowledge would it require ? ( = is it a real hazard,
excluding high budget projects e.g. military, secret service activities).


		Martin Helin , Helsinki Univ. of Technology
		s30986u@kaira.UUCP or mhe@otax.UUCP