On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Eric Burger <[email protected]>wrote:

> I do not see how this can help. In fact, I see this as a very DANGEROUS
> proposal.
>
> The reason is precisely because all this proposal does is mean that ONLY
> the NSA, GCHQ, MSS (PRC), and GRU gets to analyze all data. Worse, their
> secrets stay secret, so there is no accountability.
>
> Why do I say this? Because these organizations have the capability to take
> the full firehose. They do not need to tap anything, they just insert an
> extra router and they are in. No need for messy warrants, paid-off
> corporations, or undercover ISP employees that are actually in the employ
> of the government.
>
> I do not get how link encryption helps at all. Please illuminate.
>

I am taking it as granted that someone who deploys a $500K router knows how
to initialize the crypto securely and that the systems would be performing
the usual PFS/ephemeral do-winkies.

So inserting an extra router should be immediately visible.


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