----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Seiden" <m...@seiden.com>
> but the ability to assemble intelligence out of taps on providers' > internal connections > would require reverse engineering the ever changing protocols of all > of those providers. > and at least at one of the providers named, where i worked on security > and abuse, > it was hard for us, ourselves, to quickly mash up data from various > internal services > and lines of business that were almost completely siloed -- > data typically wasn't exposed widely and stayed within a particular > server or data center absent a logged in session by the user. Jamie makes an excellent point here: Least Privilege should apply within carrier's cores and data centers, just as much as within corporate and organizational ones. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274