On 18/02/2014, at 7:59 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > I was interviewed on ABC News Radio Monday morning, about reports of the > German Chancellor's proposal for a European Internet to stop US > eavesdropping: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-26210053
I pondered the idea of "a European Internet". I felt that it needs translating from politician-speak. I *think* what Angela Merkel would mean if someone talked it through with her is that she's floating the idea of what we call CSPs offering a service that is guaranteed to route traffic only within Europe and to not route it in any manner which could result in traffic using that service being exposed outside Europe. I've never done my homework on backbones, BGP, etc., but my impression is that it would be feasible to commit to ensuring that (a sub-set of) IP-addresses were allocated only to processes that ran in devices that were 'in Europe', and constraints were placed on routing tables. If so, then the objective could be achieved (with qualifications, e.g. how is 'in Europe' operationally defined?). The question of extra-territorial reach of national law, in particular (but not exclusively) of the US PATRIOT and FISAA laws, is a separate matter. The solution to that is simple and obvious, but would of course lead to nasty trade wars between the US and Europe. -- Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
