From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 08:01:19 +0800
To: Bill Stewart <stewarts@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Bare fibers
In-Reply-To: <199607260854.BAA23997@toad.com>
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On Fri, 26 Jul 1996, Bill Stewart wrote:

> Pressurized conduit is a favorite paranoid technique - if the 
> Bad Guy cuts open the conduit to get at the fiber, your alarm
> system notices the pressure drop and goes off.
> For slightly less paranoid scenarios, you can use heavy narrow
> conduit with epoxied joints, and the extra alarm wire or two
> to help detect cutting.  For substantially more paranoid types,
> you can always fill your conduit with some sort of flammable
> substance that reats with air...

for that matter, string fibers in bundles as such
      _
    _/ \_
   / \_/ \
   \_/ \_/
   / \_/ \
   \_/ \_/
     \_/

where the middle one carries the real signal, and the outer ones cary fake
signals, and use them for interruption detection.

 --Deviant
Legalize free-enterprise murder: why should governments have all the fun?


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