Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2972-1003191581-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 1139 invoked by uid 510); 16 Oct 2001 00:19:27 -0000 Received: from n9.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.59) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 16 Oct 2001 00:19:27 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2972-1003191581-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.220] by n9.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 Oct 2001 00:19:41 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 16 Oct 2001 00:19:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 12404 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2001 00:19:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by 10.1.1.220 with QMQP; 16 Oct 2001 00:19:41 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta2 with SMTP; 16 Oct 2001 00:19:41 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id RAA12300 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:19:41 -0700 Message-Id: <200110160019.RAA12300@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:19:40 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Phone.hub.security.sought] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Phone hub security sought By Andrew Backover, USA TODAY10/15/2001 <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/10/12/phone-hub-security.htm#more">http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/10/12/phone-hub-security.htm#more> NEW YORK - Saying terrorist attacks against telecommunications hubs could shut down banks, broadcasters and financial markets, Verizon Communications wants tougher security in phone-equipment buildings. "If you really want to create panic, take down the telecommunications facilities," says Larry Babbio, vice chairman of Verizon, the USA's No. 1 local phone company. Verizon has told Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell of its concerns. And the FCC, which regulates the issue, is encouraging companies to come forward with proposals, it says. Babbio raised the issue Thursday, while touring one 32-story telecom hub, which was severely damaged in the World Trade Center attacks. It is one of the USA's most critical communications facilities. Since Sept. 11, Verizon has been scrambling to restore service for customers served by the office. That includes 300,000 voice lines, including a large number of Wall Street firms. It also has 4.4 million data circuits, which are used by banks, for instance, to transmit financial information. Broadcasters use them for links between studios and transmitters. The nation's four regional Bell companies have thousands of such sites nationwide. While Verizon says dozens of buildings in major cities would need to be damaged to create a communications meltdown, terrorism prompts new security concerns. "We do have all sorts of people who put things in our buildings," Babbio says. Many smaller phone firms use these hubs because they want to be close to Verizon's lines, which federal law says they can use to reach customers. Verizon issues identification badges to those companies' workers, which allows them into parts of the building. Federal rules say Verizon cannot subject those employees to greater scrutiny than its own workers. John Windhausen of the Association for Local Telecommunications Services says the hubs need better protection. But he would oppose any move that puts onerous rules on Bell rivals only. "We're not the security threat," says Jason Oxman, assistant general counsel of Covad Communications, a seller of high-speed Internet service. "Our concern is they may be focusing their energies in the wrong direction." ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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