This is another reason to be thankful for the IETF position on
wiretapping. Thanks again, Harald.
ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc2804.txt
On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
> In message <p0431010fb58af1981df7@[10.0.1.42]>, Peter Wayner writes:
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> >Looks like the FBI is between a rock and a hard place. If they keep
> >pushing Calea, they force the engineers to make it super easy for
> >people to spy on the US. Why bother to send folks skulking around in
> >the middle of the night when you can just buy a backbone provider?
> >You might even make some money!
>
> The Washington Post story makes interesting reading.
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>(http://www.washingtonpost.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=wpni/print&articleid=A59371-2000Jul6)
> They quote Stewart Baker -- former general counsel to NSA -- as saying
> that this is the FBI's way of applying pressure on ISPs to co-operate
> on wiretap issues and the like. Both Baker and Dave Farber (now chief
> technologist for the FCC) have pointed out that this is also likely to
> start a trade war with Japan, especially since the U.S. is pressuring
> Japan to open its telecommunications markets.
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> --Steve Bellovin
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