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Re:Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the i... by gizmo686 on Sunday June 18, 2023 @11:55PM (#36387162)
I've worked in a datacenter that had a few different networks that must not touch each other. One of the precautions we took was color coded ethernet cables. A blue cable plugged into a red server will cause an incident if someone sees it; even if the other end is another red server 1U down.
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Re:Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the i... by Wowfunhappy on Monday June 19, 2023 @11:47AM (#36392430)
Honestly, that seems clever, I like it!
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Re:Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the i... by LinuxBender on Monday June 19, 2023 @12:05PM (#36392646)
This was a common practice in the military for secure and insecure feeds. I also saw this practice in telco.
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