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I'd be concerned about physical security of the hardware. Most of these cell towers are only secured by a chain-link fence and a padlock. As far as data securi

by Sephr 8y ago

I'd be concerned about physical security of the hardware. Most of these cell towers are only secured by a chain-link fence and a padlock. As far as data security, it should be easy to auto-wipe your server when intruders are detected, but then there is still the matter of the valuable server hardware and the risk of theft. Hopefully nobody is colocating very expensive hardware or they will probably be prone to theft.

microcolonel 8y ago
> I'd be concerned about physical security of the hardware. Most of these cell towers are only secured by a chain-link fence and a padlock. And usually not a particularly good padlock either. Sites like these are regularly prone to non-destructive entry, don't configure or assemble tamper detection circuits, etc. But honestly, none of this is a huge deal day to day. It's something you can improve over time. For the most part, people do not attack these facilities, it's just that if they did, they would have effectively free reign.
- nkurz 8y ago
  Hi microcolonel. I've noticed that most of your comments lately are autodead, although some have been revived by people vouching for them. Checking through your history, I don't see any clear reason for this. You might want to email 'hn@ycombinator.com' and ask what's up.
  - kbenson 8y ago
    I vouched for a comment and responded to it at few days back, then looked at his history and vouched for 3-4 more when I saw that. Previously I've seen a few vouches take someone out of being dead, so I hoped it would do so this time. Guess not. I also didn't see anything particularly worthy of shadowbanning.
    - microcolonel 8y ago
      I think there was a particularly hot thread a few months back which one mod thought I was pouring fuel on (I won't opine on that, partly since I don't really know which comment[s] constituted the offense); and that's why I'm hellbanned. It's actually not been so bad, I don't know if they want me back fully though.
xfitm3 8y ago
I don’t trust the workers, either. Who will manage access to the site? Rotate locks if someone is fired? I can’t rationalize how this is better than the traditional data center model after all the controls that need to be implemented.

by Sephr 8y ago

microcolonel 8y ago

> I'd be concerned about physical security of the hardware. Most of these cell towers are only secured by a chain-link fence and a padlock. And usually not a particularly good padlock either. Sites like these are regularly prone to non-destructive entry, don't configure or assemble tamper detection circuits, etc. But honestly, none of this is a huge deal day to day. It's something you can improve over time. For the most part, people do not attack these facilities, it's just that if they did, they would have effectively free reign.

nkurz 8y ago
Hi microcolonel. I've noticed that most of your comments lately are autodead, although some have been revived by people vouching for them. Checking through your history, I don't see any clear reason for this. You might want to email 'hn@ycombinator.com' and ask what's up.
- kbenson 8y ago
  I vouched for a comment and responded to it at few days back, then looked at his history and vouched for 3-4 more when I saw that. Previously I've seen a few vouches take someone out of being dead, so I hoped it would do so this time. Guess not. I also didn't see anything particularly worthy of shadowbanning.
  - microcolonel 8y ago
    I think there was a particularly hot thread a few months back which one mod thought I was pouring fuel on (I won't opine on that, partly since I don't really know which comment[s] constituted the offense); and that's why I'm hellbanned. It's actually not been so bad, I don't know if they want me back fully though.

xfitm3 8y ago

I don’t trust the workers, either. Who will manage access to the site? Rotate locks if someone is fired? I can’t rationalize how this is better than the traditional data center model after all the controls that need to be implemented.