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Re: [PEN-TEST] Datacenter Wiring
From: Jose Nazario <jose () BIOCSERVER BIOC CWRU EDU>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 15:44:37 -0400
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Graham Lewis wrote:
The only way to "tap" fibre is cut the fibre, re-terminate the broken ends and install an optical splitter. It is possible but you should notice the downtime if you are running any network management.
not entirely true. one can remove the plastic housing on the fiber cable, break a few strands at a sharp angle and use them to capture traffic. it's extremely tricky, but if you can do it (good luck, you would have to be a fiber optic master to do this correctly) you can do this without network interruption. it's truckloads easier to break into their misconfigured switching equipment. jose nazario jose () biochemistry cwru edu PGP fingerprint: 89 B0 81 DA 5B FD 7E 00 99 C3 B2 CD 48 A0 07 80 Public key available at http://biocserver.cwru.edu/~jose/pgp-key.asc
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