On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:09:20AM -0800, Sameer Anja wrote:
> Sorry Michael-
> Apologies for the unclear picture. There is no
> submarine here, neither any brand name.
No apologies needed. I think that, partly, we are
having a language problem (both national and technical) here.
I'll probably add more to the confusion here. :-)
> Most ISPs have under the sea uplinked facilities.
I normally think of "uplink" as associated with satelites
and "under the sea" doesn't quite compute. Most ISPs I'm familiar
with have nothing undersea at all. Those that do, have bandwidth on
cables and that's about it. The only ISPs with undersea cables would
be international ISPs (and most ISPs are not international) or have
direct international connections with other ISPs (again, not most).
> These are undersea cables laid on the sea bed. This
Ok...
I'm now assuming that you are referring to transoceanic cables.
> guy and me were talking generally about stuff, and he
> set me wondering if there is something like a sniffer
> available for such underwater internet gateways.
I don't think there are any "underwater internet gateways",
unless they are dropping much more sophisticated toys in the water
than what I imagined. I'm guessing that what you are referring to
are the cables themselves (either copper or fiber) and their repeaters.
So... Are you talking about something that can "tap"
transoceanic cables or something that can passively "sniff"
signals on the cables (how would that work with fiber?) or something
that can somehow interact with the cable repeaters/boosters? Or
are you asking about whether there are existing taps and traces on
the current cables? Or maybe tapping / tracing facilities built
into the cables when they are laid? (From the name, I guess I
would rule out that last item - no submarines involved.)
> Hope I am clear now.
> Do let me know if I am still not clear.
Getting closer.
> -Sameer
>
> --- "Michael H. Warfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 07:45:37AM -0800, Sameer
> > Anja wrote:
> > > Hi All-
> >
> > > I have got this strange query from a customer,
> > and
> > > set me on a manhunt too since this is an
> > intigruing
> > > question.
> >
> > > Is there such a tool as written above there?
> >
> > Could you please define what it is suppose to be?
> > All
> > we have is a name. What does it suppose to do?
> >
> > > Please let me know at the earliest. I tried
> > telling
> > > him that such a product does not exist, but
> > apparently
> > > it does. So, enlighten me if I am wrong.
> >
> > I can't even tell what product it is, much less if
> > it
> > exists. Is "submarine sniffer" suppose to be a
> > brand name
> > of a sniffer, or some sort of wireless sniffer, or a
> > sniffer
> > on a submarine?
> >
> > > -Thanks a lot
> > > -Sameer
> >
> > Mike
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