This looks like the same architecture the NSA is advocating for a secure Android communication platform using encrypted VoIP. The problem with their (NSA) proposal is that it requires 3G+ data network coverage to work and this isn't available everywhere. What data speeds are required by Zimmerman's project? Also, won't using this tool immediately flag the user as suspicious? As a hostile government/network provider could I not just block/flag traffic routing towards the Canadian server? What is to keep someone using this in someplace like Ethiopia from being immediately picked up by the authorities and jailed indefinitely or tortured into revealing the data the cryptography was meant to protect?
Can someone tell me what hardware they're using? OpenBTS traditionally runs on USRP1 but I have a USRP1 at home and the picture doesn't look similar to what I have. It would be nice to run something like OpenBTS without spending ~$1500US.
The military treats people as interchangeable for continuity of operations. The hero role plays nice in the movies but in reality it's bad when the only guy who can perform a critical function isn't available.
If you have unique skills and you want to work for them so much then why don't you just go apply to one of the contractors there?
My eyes are fine. There was nothing dangerous about looking at the maglite beam from the other end of the fiber. This wasn't some kind of fancy magnified light that attached to the connector - it was just a regular flashlight that we held up to the end. But, we also use a cheap laser pointer for longer runs - here the guy on the "dumb" end of the test in the dark (often me) would just hold them up and look for the glowing red end of the fiber without looking down the tube. We'd only order out the OTDR as a last resort.
Bad moderator! No cookie! The parent is NOT offtopic.
A flashlight works for a basic transmission test.
I was a fiber optic technician in a former life and after terminating the ends with connectors we would shine a maglite on one end and turn out the lights on the other and if we saw the "light at the end of the tunnel" we'd call it good.
If you want to get fancy you're going to need an optical time domain reflectometer. Probably not the cheapest thing.
Sir, I'm glad the USAF is recognizing the legacy of Billy Mitchell and taking the sometimes unpopular initiative to establish a footprint in cyberspace. What do you think about establishing a program to recognize or reward people who identify vulnerabilities in Air Force software and systems? With a centralized disclosure system you could improve system defenses by altering the current climate - encouraging the discrete reporting of holes in system security. If the program is structured and well defined, you could discourage "insider hacking" and still tap the brain power of geeks who may not be lucky enough to be assigned to the new command.
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This looks like the same architecture the NSA is advocating for a secure Android communication platform using encrypted VoIP. The problem with their (NSA) proposal is that it requires 3G+ data network coverage to work and this isn't available everywhere. What data speeds are required by Zimmerman's project? Also, won't using this tool immediately flag the user as suspicious? As a hostile government/network provider could I not just block/flag traffic routing towards the Canadian server? What is to keep someone using this in someplace like Ethiopia from being immediately picked up by the authorities and jailed indefinitely or tortured into revealing the data the cryptography was meant to protect?
Can someone tell me what hardware they're using? OpenBTS traditionally runs on USRP1 but I have a USRP1 at home and the picture doesn't look similar to what I have. It would be nice to run something like OpenBTS without spending ~$1500US.
The military treats people as interchangeable for continuity of operations. The hero role plays nice in the movies but in reality it's bad when the only guy who can perform a critical function isn't available. If you have unique skills and you want to work for them so much then why don't you just go apply to one of the contractors there?
Did anyone else hear this story in Yoda's voice when you read it?
My eyes are fine. There was nothing dangerous about looking at the maglite beam from the other end of the fiber. This wasn't some kind of fancy magnified light that attached to the connector - it was just a regular flashlight that we held up to the end. But, we also use a cheap laser pointer for longer runs - here the guy on the "dumb" end of the test in the dark (often me) would just hold them up and look for the glowing red end of the fiber without looking down the tube. We'd only order out the OTDR as a last resort.
Bad moderator! No cookie! The parent is NOT offtopic. A flashlight works for a basic transmission test. I was a fiber optic technician in a former life and after terminating the ends with connectors we would shine a maglite on one end and turn out the lights on the other and if we saw the "light at the end of the tunnel" we'd call it good. If you want to get fancy you're going to need an optical time domain reflectometer. Probably not the cheapest thing.
Maj Gen Lord,
Sir, I'm glad the USAF is recognizing the legacy of Billy Mitchell and taking the sometimes unpopular initiative to establish a footprint in cyberspace. What do you think about establishing a program to recognize or reward people who identify vulnerabilities in Air Force software and systems? With a centralized disclosure system you could improve system defenses by altering the current climate - encouraging the discrete reporting of holes in system security. If the program is structured and well defined, you could discourage "insider hacking" and still tap the brain power of geeks who may not be lucky enough to be assigned to the new command.
Respectfully,
phreakngeek