1996-07-23 - Re: Bare fibers
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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: harka@nycmetro.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-07-23 21:58:16 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 05:58:16 +0800
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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 05:58:16 +0800
To: harka@nycmetro.com
Subject: Re: Bare fibers
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> Doesn't that make it vulnerable (detectable) to Tempest attacks?
>
> Harka
> ___ Blue Wave/386 v2.30 [NR]
>
No.
Transmitting light via fiber doesn't emit EM.
Anyway, the original post, as I recall, was about keeping sensitive data
on a second hard drive, connected via (very thin, therefore harder to
notice) fiber. Tempest monitoring was not a factor.
-r.w.
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