On Wednesday 21 October 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:58 PM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 October 2009, Vickram Crishna wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 12:20 PM, Vickram Crishna <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > >> > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:58 AM, jtd <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Wednesday 21 October 2009, shirish शिरीष wrote: > >> >>> in-line :- > >> >>> > >> >>> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 21:52, Nagarjuna G. <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > >> >>> > http://dot.gov.in/miscellaneous/publicnotice.pdf > >> >>> > > >> >>> > and also see this > >> >>> > http://www.medianama.com/2009/10/223-indian-government-wants-telco > >> >>> >s-t o-re gister-wifi-users-within-60-days/ > >> >>> > >> >>> This is definitely bad news for potential users of technology > >> >>> (including me) > >> >>> > >> >>> Also, you apparently find it difficult to understand the > >> >>> notification. Nobody is interested in users having passwords to log > >> >>> into private networks, the notification asks for all users to be > >> >>> centrally registered with the ISP. This is a backdoor method to > >> >>> empower ISPs to begin identifying subscribers on the basis of > >> >>> numbers of users per subscription ID, and the logical next step will > >> >>> be differential rates. > >> >> > >> >> The poster has got it wrong. The notification asks "All internet and > >> >> Broadband users using WIFi connectivity" to register with the ISP. > >> >> That is if you have an internet / broadband connection (that would > >> >> include ADSL / LL / Dialup), AND use a wifi router, you have to > >> >> register AGAIN. To get an internet connection you have to register > >> >> anyway, nothing new there. > >> > > >> > Not quite. Here is the extract from the notification received by Tata > >> > Communications, and hosted on their website (and quoted in the > >> > MediaNama article): > >> > > >> > [I.a.iii: Licencee (Telco) shall ensure that unique user IDs and > >> > Passwords do not have provisions for simultaneous multiple logins. > >> > Licencee may give more than one use ID and Password to a single > >> > subscriber for multiple for his Internet account > >> > > >> > I.a.iv: Licencee shall put a clause in Subscriber Agreement of new > >> > subscribers that any WiFi connectivity deployed by subscriber has to > >> > be activated only after it is registered for centralized > >> > authentication with the Licencee.] > >> > > >> > This means not only that the subscriber has to register again > >> > (naturally, as Mr Kaiz of MediaNama comments fame notes, you won't > >> > mind spending that extra time, effort and paise to save your loved > >> > ones from being, like Napoleon, blown apart), but that she must also > >> > ensure that all her users (family members, guests) must also be > >> > registered. Or else she gets the chop, chop, chop, in four months, and > >> > the ISP can laugh all the way to the bank. In fact, this gives a > >> > superb excuse for the ISP to cut off services to customers at will > >> > (not that they really need excuses). > >> > >> Actually, a rather amusing afterthought: seems that the government is > >> perfectly happy if subscribers use their Bluetooth phones to tether > >> their broadband 3G/Edge/EVDO connections to anonymous users. HDSPA > >> anyone? > > > > Ha Ha. Anonymous proxy on bluetooth? Dont know if cell phones have the > > juice to run proxy/nat. > > Newest comment at MediaNama from 'abc': > [Quite obviously the govt. never heard of TOR. Nor of encryption. The > cluelessness of our security "experts" astounds me. All i require to > send those messages in plain old voice is a one of the millions of > public phones. Aha I get it. We will use fingerprint scanners and face > recognition algorithms to identify potential suspects at public > phones. ] > > Using my special decryption tools, also bought with unlimited funds > from GoI, I think I have analysed who 'abc' is. Now go answer the > doorbell. Hint: it's not a fingerprint scanner salesperson.
The summons reads "aiding and abetting unknown terrorists waging war against India, by providing technical means to send anon messages" ;-0. It wasnt me. It was the bearded blaster. Of course since using decryption is such a chore, we have set up the UID, linked to the automatic summons system sent via strongarm of the law, directly to your doorstep. We plan to replace the strongarm with armed bots, which will be linked to the summary judgement system and directly linked to the silver bullet in the bot. As an added incentive the government is issuing free cyanide pills to citizens who wish to shorten the summary judgement process and avail of quick justice. -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
