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Re: tapping into a fiber optic cable

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 15:48
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In article <46249@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> beckman@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Peter Beckman) writes:
>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...

Bypassing fiber would be possible in theory, I think, but if people with
that sort of resources want your equipment, better just give it to them. :-)
Not impossible but not easy.
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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: tapping into a fiber optic cable
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