[Tfug] Cabling between buildings

Zack Williams zdwzdw at gmail.com
Mon May 25 16:57:10 MST 2009


> Wireless is the obvious choice, a properly designed system will travel many
> miles and be highly secure. (I.e. "it wireless so anyone can see me" is a
> rant by people who either don;t understand encryption or can;t be bothered to
> set proper options or buy equipment with more than the most basic protection
> built in.) No one, within a reasonable amount of time, is going to break 3DES
> to snoop on your conversation... It a whole lot more secure than a cable
> across the desert floor waiting to be tapped.

Or you could forget about the wireless-level security and just do a
VPN over the link.

> Fiber is probably the second best choice for long distances. You can get 1000M
> spools of military field cable (2 pair MM in a heavy jacket) for dirt cheap.

I googled around for this and found a few manufactures, but couldn't
find anyone selling it direct - where would one go to buy this?

Thanks,
Zack




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