Re: Can fibre-optic be tapped???

[bmanning @ ISI . EDU]

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> I saw thsi in a USENET newsgroup. Any basis in fact?
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> > I thought I read somewhere that someone had come up with a way to
> > "read" data going over a fiber link, by interference with a second laser
> > "perpendicular" to the fiber - does this ring any bells out there? 

	There are a couple of ways to tap fiber.  This is one.

--bill