Top Firms Retreat Into Bunker To Ward Off 'Anarchists'
That's rather old news, and was even rather old news when the newspapers discovered it; the "anarchist protestors" PR spin was just taking advantage of current events to hook an article on. Ben Laurie and thebunker.net are well known in cypherpunks circles, and you'll find a fair bit of discussion in the cypherpunks archives. IIRC, they were even bidding on a second bunker for expansion space, though given the last 3 months' transition in the US internet hosting space market (from "We're all building like mad!" to "Ohhh, noooo! What a glut!") I hope they're able to make the right financial choices. The UK is probably not flooded with the things yet, and while a nuclear-proof bunker may be overkill for offsite backup space, you do need a certain level of security and reliable power if you're in a business like banking that can't afford to lose data. Also see the last month's worth of userfriendly.org/static cartoons.... At 12:21 PM 08/22/2001 -0400, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
At 09:26 AM 8/23/01 -0700, Bill Stewart wrote:
while a nuclear-proof bunker may be overkill for offsite backup space, you do need a certain level of security and reliable power
Also the bunkers have excellent ventilation systems and a cool ambient temp. The "3-phase" boxes like that. Might suck to be in an underground bunker if the Halon systems go off, though...
Definitely. That's why any large computing facility makes sure to have two or more physically separate cable connections, with dual building entrances, minimum distances between cables, etc. A nuke bunker probably was built with the cable exits some distance from the main building, though depending on the age and paranoia level it may not have been done with reusable technology (e.g. coax vs. conduit that you can run fiber in.) At 10:24 PM 08/24/2001 -0400, Phillip H. Zakas wrote:
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