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Article #4720tapping into a fiber optic cable
From: Peter Beckman
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 03:15
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 03:15
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Can a fiber optic cable be "tapped" into without disturbing the data being transmitted? I would like to run some fiber optic cable through some expensive equipment to prevent theft. Loss of the signal would mean the cable has been cut, and an alarm would sound. A simple copper wire threaded through equipment could be easily spliced around. Could a fiber optic cable be similarly bypassed? How easily? -Pete beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!beckman From: beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: tapping into a fiber optic cable Message-ID: <46249@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 31 May 90 03:15:48 GMT Reply-To: beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 8