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Subject: How Easy Is It To `Tap' Microwave Transmissions?
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Date: 3 Mar 90 06:09:00 GMT
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        I'm currently writing a short article on phone line security
for Computer Security Managers.
 
        In the article I claim that it is fairly hard to tap the phone
system at microwave towers.  I was wondering if this is really true?
 
        Just how hard is it for someone to do?  Does the complexity
and expense of the equipment to demultiplex time division and/or
digital multiplexing put this sort of ELINT out of range of amateurs?
What about phone employees?  How easy is it to borrow a microwave
receiver and a demultiplexor?
 
Thanks in advance,
 
Christopher Seline
cjs@cwru.cwru.edu
 
p.s. The USENET propogation time for my node is nine days.  Therefore,
I'd prefer if any responces were sent both to me and the digest.  :->