Post B74esYFiAxQ10BVCK0 by johntimaeus@infosec.exchange
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 (DIR) Post #B74esUgVROTVw80XWy by johntimaeus@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T00:18:16Z
       
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       @petrillic @paul_ipv6 @SecureOwl To this day I don't allow zip ties. I've seen too many fibres & cables broken with an over-enthusiastic installer.I've bled too much from badly cut ends.Velcro or wax lacing.
       
 (DIR) Post #B74esVRec6BmIM4C1I by paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T00:19:06Z
       
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       @johntimaeus @petrillic @SecureOwl i'm with you. velcro. lets you dress but doesn't damage the cables and you can add/delete cables semi-sanely.
       
 (DIR) Post #B74esWITRiRKwAmNLk by johntimaeus@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T00:31:55Z
       
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       @paul_ipv6 @petrillic @SecureOwl Velcro is the right answer today.Lacing was for another era.  A time when you put cables in for decades, not months.  Same reason you soldered wire wraps.Having said that, I'm about to build some ICS/OT demo boards, and am going to lace some of the wires just to brainfuck the youngs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B74esWtLEdvkmW1ooa by paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T00:53:31Z
       
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       @johntimaeus @petrillic @SecureOwl yeah. they'd wire up a fill 42 space relay rack full of stuff, then not touch it for 5 years or more.we were replacing all our gear every 2-3 years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B74esXVyuyq4iM6g2i by johntimaeus@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T00:57:52Z
       
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       @paul_ipv6 @petrillic @SecureOwl Some of the old Bell COs I worked in had 100U racks that hadn't been looked at since Carter was president...This was in the mid 1990s.
       
 (DIR) Post #B74esYFiAxQ10BVCK0 by johntimaeus@infosec.exchange
       2026-06-07T01:01:36Z
       
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       @paul_ipv6 @petrillic @SecureOwl This trip down memory lane does raise a question.Does anyone have a copy of the old ATT/Bellcore/Telcordia Network Verification Testing standard that I could beg, borrow, buy?I still take that as one of the best written standards for 'how do I make sure that things don't fail'.  And I'd love to spend some time rebuilding it into something relevant for today's critical infrastructure.