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:
From: "Moon Kat" <lavalake@hotmail.com> To: freematt@coil.com Subject: Top firms retreat into bunker to ward off 'Anarchists' Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2001 12:46:41 +0000
Hi Matt
Not sure if you've seen this one already but here goes. Quite where the anti-capitalists are going to get a thermonuclear bomb from isn't explained in the article but surely such a device would compromise their "Neo-Luddite" principles anyway?
Yours, in a fallout shelter, somewhere west of London
dK
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TOP FIRMS RETREAT INTO BUNKER TO WARD OFF 'ANARCHISTS'
"Some of Britain's biggest companies are running their Internet operations on systems installed in a 300ft-deep nuclear blast-proof bunker to protect customers from violent anti-capitalist campaigners. They are renting space in hermetically sealed rooms capable of withstanding a one Kiloton explosion, electro-magnetic 'pulse bombs', electronic eavesdropping and chemical and biological warfare."
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...
The most sophisticated bunkers in the world are still vulnerable to the average utility digging crew. phillip
Matthew Gaylor From: "Moon Kat" <lavalake@hotmail.com> TOP FIRMS RETREAT INTO BUNKER TO WARD OFF 'ANARCHISTS'
"Some of Britain's biggest companies are running their Internet operations on systems installed in a 300ft-deep nuclear blast-proof bunker to protect customers from violent anti-capitalist campaigners.
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:
The most sophisticated bunkers in the world are still vulnerable to the average utility digging crew. phillip
Matthew Gaylor From: "Moon Kat" <lavalake@hotmail.com> TOP FIRMS RETREAT INTO BUNKER TO WARD OFF 'ANARCHISTS'
"Some of Britain's biggest companies are running their Internet operations on systems installed in a 300ft-deep nuclear blast-proof bunker to protect customers from violent anti-capitalist campaigners.
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