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For many years people have believed that fiber optic cables are so secure that a third party could not intercept that data. Even if you don't share that belief you probably think it would be very difficult and require sophisticated equipment. Here is some interesting information about how secure fiber optic networking is:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/images/Figure%20A.jpg
http://www.networkintegritysystems.com/pdf/NIS-FiberOpticIntrusionDetectionSystems.pdf
Fiber Optic Networking Security
Last Updated: 9/13/08For many years people have believed that fiber optic cables are so secure that a third party could not intercept that data. Even if you don't share that belief you probably think it would be very difficult and require sophisticated equipment. Here is some interesting information about how secure fiber optic networking is:
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/images/Figure%20A.jpg
http://www.networkintegritysystems.com/pdf/NIS-FiberOpticIntrusionDetectionSystems.pdf
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