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Article #4723Re: tapping into a fiber optic cable
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 31 May 1990 15:48
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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Newsgroups: sci.electronics Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: tapping into a fiber optic cable Message-ID: <1990May31.154812.29725@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <46249@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: Thu, 31 May 90 15:48:12 GMT