ill second that.. Jason
On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 06:49:55AM -0400, Matthew Lavigne wrote: > OK, only going to reply to one of these but can we keep the political BS > and talking heads off the linux list? I understand that this has > privacy concerns but what do either of the threads posted have to do > with linux? Other then a direct copy (likely copyright infringement) > and along with a link there is no other comments in either post. > > Please can we keep this garbage off of the list? > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] was added to the killfile> > > Matthew > enjoying the spoils of moving back to NY > > WA Brown wrote: > >http://news.com.com/FBI+director+wants+ISPs+to+track+users/2100-7348_3-6126877.html?tag=nefd.top > > > > > >FBI director wants ISPs to track users > >Robert Mueller becomes latest Bush administration official to call for > >ISPs to store customers' data. > >By Declan McCullagh > >Staff Writer, CNET News.com > > > >Published: October 17, 2006, 4:18 PM PDT > >TalkBack E-mail Print del.icio.us Digg this > >FBI Director Robert Mueller on Tuesday called on Internet service > >providers to record their customers' online activities, a move that > >anticipates a fierce debate over privacy and law enforcement in Washington > >next year. > > > >"Terrorists coordinate their plans cloaked in the anonymity of the > >Internet, as do violent sexual predators prowling chat rooms," Mueller > >said in a speech at the International Association of Chiefs of Police > >conference in Boston. > > > >"All too often, we find that before we can catch these offenders, Internet > >service providers have unwittingly deleted the very records that would > >help us identify these offenders and protect future victims," Mueller > >said. "We must find a balance between the legitimate need for privacy and > >law enforcement's clear need for access." > > > >The speech to the law enforcement group, which approved a resolution on > >the topic earlier in the day, echoes other calls from Bush administration > >officials to force private firms to record information about customers. > >Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, for instance, told Congress last month > >that "this is a national problem that requires federal legislation." > > > >Justice Department officials admit privately that data retention > >legislation is controversial enough that there wasn't time to ease it > >through the U.S. Congress before politicians left to campaign for > >re-election. Instead, the idea is expected to surface in early 2007, and > >one Democratic politician has already promised legislation. > > > >Law enforcement groups claim that by the time they contact Internet > >service providers, customers' records may have been deleted in the routine > >course of business. Industry representatives, however, say that if police > >respond to tips promptly instead of dawdling, it would be difficult to > >imagine any investigation that would be imperiled. > > > >It's not clear exactly what a data retention law would require. One > >proposal would go beyond Internet providers and require registrars, the > >companies that sell domain names, to maintain records too. And during > >private meetings with industry officials, FBI and Justice Department > >representatives have cited the desirability of also forcing search engines > >to keep logs--a proposal that could gain additional law enforcement > >support after AOL showed how useful such records could be in > >investigations. > > > >A representative of the International Association of Chiefs of Police said > >he was not able to provide a copy of the resolution. > > > >Preservation vs. retention > >At the moment, Internet service providers typically discard any log file > >that's no longer required for business reasons such as network monitoring, > >fraud prevention or billing disputes. Companies do, however, alter that > >general rule when contacted by police performing an investigation--a > >practice called data preservation. > > > >A 1996 federal law called the Electronic Communication Transactional > >Records Act regulates data preservation. It requires Internet providers to > >retain any "record" in their possession for 90 days "upon the request of a > >governmental entity." > > > >Because Internet addresses remain a relatively scarce commodity, ISPs tend > >to allocate them to customers from a pool based on whether a computer is > >in use at the time. (Two standard techniques used are the Dynamic Host > >Configuration Protocol and Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet.) > > > >In addition, Internet providers are required by another federal law to > >report child pornography sightings to the National Center for Missing and > >Exploited Children, which is in turn charged with forwarding that report > >to the appropriate police agency. > > > >When adopting its data retention rules, the European Parliament approved > >U.K.-backed requirements saying that communications providers in its 25 > >member countries--several of which had enacted their own data retention > >laws already--must retain customer data for a minimum of six months and a > >maximum of two years. > > > >The Europe-wide requirement applies to a wide variety of "traffic" and > >"location" data, including: the identities of the customers' > >correspondents; the date, time and duration of phone calls, VoIP (voice > >over Internet Protocol) calls or e-mail messages; and the location of the > >device used for the communications. But the "content" of the > >communications is not supposed to be retained. The rules are expected to > >take effect in 2008. > > > > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ -- ================================================ | Jason Welsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://monsterjam.org DSS PGP: 0x5E30CC98 | | gpg key: http://monsterjam.org/gpg/ | ================================================ -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
