Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-18 Thread Bill Stewart
At 10:27 PM 7/16/00 +0100, Ben Laurie wrote: Lucky Green wrote: In particular, the "black box" monitoring device installed at the ISP level appears to be in the process of becoming the implementation of choice. Pioneered by Russia, this design has rapidly been adopted by the UK, and now is

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-17 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Ben Laurie wrote: Lucky Green wrote: In particular, the "black box" monitoring device installed at the ISP level appears to be in the process of becoming the implementation of choice. Pioneered by Russia, this design has rapidly

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-15 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Meyer Wolfs heim writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: According to the AP, the ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for information on Carnivore. See http://www.aclu.org/news/2000/n07

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-14 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
According to the AP, the ACLU has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for information on Carnivore. See http://www.aclu.org/news/2000/n071400a.html and http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-FBI-Snooping.html --Steve Bellovin

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Damien Miller
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, David Honig wrote: For $500/monthly you too can have a box in various NAPs. You can run your NIC in Bill Clinton mode, e.g., to measure certain things about traffic. I know of a corporation doing this (they are only interested in infrastructure traffic, not content).

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Ben Laurie
David Honig wrote: At 10:58 AM 7/12/00 -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: There's been speculation about NSA black boxes in such facilities for years. The FBI, however, isn't quite as "above the law" as the NSA likes For $500/monthly you too can have a box in various NAPs. You can run

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Jeffrey I. Schiller wrote: I suspect that the reason they would want Carnivore as opposed to looking at spool files is that it is less invasive then looking at spool files, isn't dependent on the technology choices made by the ISP and

RE: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Rodger, William
Jeffrey Schiller asked: I wonder how we find out more (FOIA), the descriptions I have heard so far (its a sniffer) seems a bit onerous. Big Brother at his best! At least one group I know of has filed a FOIA for details. Perhaps we'll get information in a few weeks. Or maybe they will just

RE: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Meyer Wolfsheim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Rodger, William wrote: Meyer wrote: I guess this explains the FBI's opposition to the Verio merger. I wonder if a colocation company or service provider could be forced to disclose its participation in the Carnivore

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-13 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
I had posted a note saying that pen register usage in New York was barred by the courts unless a wiretap warrant had been issued. I need to update that posting. First, that opinion was rendered in People vs. Bialostok, 80 NY2d 738, http://www.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/nyctap.cgi?80+738 But it

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-12 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Meyer Wolfs heim writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I guess this explains the FBI's opposition to the Verio merger. I wonder if a colocation company or service provider could be forced to disclose its participation in the Carnivore project. Any

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-12 Thread Marc Horowitz
"Steven M. Bellovin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In this situation, everyone's email has to be scanned in order to isolate the desired traffic. I've seen this claim before, and I don't think it's true. It's like saying to wiretap my phone calls, you need to tap an entire fiber, and do

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-12 Thread Steven M. Bellovin
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marc Horowitz writes: "Steven M. Bellovin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In this situation, everyone's email has to be scanned in order to isolate the desired traffic. I've seen this claim before, and I don't think it's true. It's like saying to wiretap my phone

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-12 Thread Jeffrey I. Schiller
I suspect that the reason they would want Carnivore as opposed to looking at spool files is that it is less invasive then looking at spool files, isn't dependent on the technology choices made by the ISP and finally its operation is beyond the ISP's examination. "Here just connect this to your

Re: FBI announcement on email search 'Carnivore'

2000-07-12 Thread David Honig
At 10:58 AM 7/12/00 -0400, Steven M. Bellovin wrote: There's been speculation about NSA black boxes in such facilities for years. The FBI, however, isn't quite as "above the law" as the NSA likes For $500/monthly you too can have a box in various NAPs. You can run your NIC in Bill Clinton mode,