"... Take the lowly subject of 'manhole covers'. The humble manhole cover reproduces many of the dilemmas of computer-security in miniature. Manhole covers are, of course, technological artifacts, access-points to our buried urban infrastructure. To the vast majority of us, manhole covers are invisible. They are also vulnerable. For many years now, the Secret Service has made a point of caulking manhole covers along all routes of the Presidential motorcade. This is, of course, to deter terrorists from leaping out of underground ambush or, more likely, planting remote-control car- smashing bombs beneath the street. ..."I remembered this bit reading the "Hacker Crackdown" by Bruce Stirling ~ http://www.mit.edu/hacker/part3.html The caulking involved bolting the manhole covers down with a super glue adhesive to secure the thread to the bolt to the concrete & steel forming a very secure join. Anyone ever seen one of these?
You can listen to it here ~ http://www.boingboing.net/2008/01/13/podcast-of-bruce-ste.ht...