Two quick thoughts:
1) If it was so easy to encrypt, more would do so. These things are to
catch the mastermind genius, which thankfully are few and far between,
but to catch the idiots. And most people are surrounded by idiots. Why
even... never mind.
If encryption was easy, PGP would be universal and Enron and company
would not have been embarrassed by the emails.
2) I get that CALEA - and other gov't induced regulation - is one big
PITA and should be fought. But, ya know, it is VERY freaking hard to
get any support to fight these measures. (How many volunteered to go to
DC?) Even you posted anonymously, so how do you get support? And since
you won't use your identity here, I assume that getting you to post to
the FCC or write a Congress Critter or anything wouldn't happen.
Lemmings? No. But it is, IMO, better to help people who want to comply
- to provide information, solutions, thoughts. Since we are under a
deadline, spending the little time to comply is what I see as a
productive use of my time.
I get calls from frightened owners who don't know how to comply, who
have vendors scaring them into a $800 per month box, who get varying
answers to questions from different sources. So this is how I choose to
direct my effort.
If you and Mark and others want to spend this time period re-directing
the Lemmings to run up Capital Hill, be my guest.
But it would be just as effective to do this on May 15, after we have
helped the many who want to comply.
That's my 25 cents.
Peter @ RAD-INFO
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another two cents that may or may not be worth ANYTHING at all.
<RANT>
I have sat back and observed for some time now (with much disdain) as
the 'herd' runs as fast as we can toward the cliff.
I am still waiting to see if the herd (WE) turn out to be lemmings or
not, but the cliff is quickly and abruptly approaching.
1.
CALEA compliance for WISPs...
1.
WHY?
1.
Members really perceive it will foster increased
national security.
*
Not really, there are numerous open sourced
encryption / traffic scramble techniques
which render useless a raw packet stream
capture. (These efforts are born of a noble cause, that of subverting
tyrannical government communications interceptions, primarily focused
upon subverting the effort of governments known for human rights
violations like North Korea, China, etc.) But one must presume that
these same tools can and will be employed by criminals with malice,
as well as employed for good PATRIOTS in these other unfortunate
circumstances / countries.
o
mac spoofing, onion routing, anonymous
relay, hybrid layer X techniques
o
non standards based file / data
encryption techniques
o
Steganography , Mnemonics, NUMEROUS
Crypts / Cyphers
o
Combinations of the above plus more!
2.
Because Carnivore's commercial replacement is not
doing the job already?
*
The FED has replaced the Carnivore program
with an amendment to CALEA, and it is a move which transferred the
costs of the program from the government to you! The feds already
have the technology to do this, they just decided they wanted you to
pay for it.
*
Why don't we observe (in time frame context)
some EOIs (Events of interest)
o
In late 2004 it is becoming more
apparent that the RBOC battles over muni-wireless are losing ground,
despite lobby dollars and presumably, promises of legislation
supporting the RBOCs effort.
o
Additionally, in late 2004 the CLECs
really started eyeballing these WISP guys and it occurred to the
CLECs that what the WISPs had going was GOOD. Rather than re-invent
the wheel with traditional wired facilities, (UNE was dead or dying
at this time), so we began initiatives to re-organize accordingly.
o
But alas, they did not go so far as to
form tight alliances to the WISP community. Regardless, the die was
cast. WISPs had made ripples to the very tops of the incumbent
carrier realm via the interest put forth by the CLECs.
o
http://www.public-i.org/telecom/report.aspx?aid=744
Take some time to REALLY observe the
changes taking place in ILEC, RBOC, and CABLECO lobby spending during
2003-2006. Notice how they increased HUGELY and now encompassed not
only Federal, but now also STATE / LOCAL levels of government? Notice
how your business value as a WISP has eroded during this same time
frame?
3.
It is the Law
o
hmm MLK, was a law breaker.
Well, I suppose that if a law were
entered into record requiring that your children be implanted with
RFID or some other tracking system, you would call a meeting to see
how you can most efficiently comply?
o
Can't happen you say? Ok, suppose a law
gets voted in that requires child inoculation. Next suppose that same
law gets amended w/o voter over site to also include RFID implant.
Well that is essentially what has transpired with CALEA.
o
When CALEA was written (circa 1994) its
reason of creation was to address the digitally switched networking
equipment en vogue at RBOC / ILEC facilities. To be able to lawfully
intercept the CDR (call detail records) of a SUSPECT.
o
Ok, it is the law, is it being applied to:
+
Public libraries whom provide
Internet access? NO
+
Starbucks, McDonalds, Lowes, and
other major corps whom provide public access wifi hotspots? NO
+
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/woissues/techinttele/calea/caleajan07.pdf
4.
It is Patriotic...
o
Way wrong, observe the historical
definition of patriotism. The label of patriot has historically been
applied to groups rebelling.
+
#
Patriots (Founding Fathers
of USA, rebelled against England)
#
Patriots (Dutch group that
rebelled against the Orangists in the United Provinces in the 18th
century.)
#
Les Patriotes, those who
supported independence for what is now Québec, Canada, during the
Lower Canada Rebellion.
o
I think it would more define Patriotic
if we had made efforts in the following areas:
+
Contacting our subscribers to
notify them, and attempt to collect and coordinate their feelings
about this.
+
Operating as a group to notify
the FCC that they should review the form 447 filings that have been
made, so they could calculate the impact of WISPs forming an alliance
to shut down their networks in cyclic outages (disconnect the
'internet' leave your intranetwork traffic flowing, as a peaceful
protest of the draconian measures be forced upon us as an industry
group.
o
Dictionary definition: A patriot is
someone who feels patriotism, support for their country.
2.
COST?
1.
Won't waste a minute of your time on the dollars.
We all know that for ourselves. If not, contact Neustar for a quote.
2.
I am referring to the following. If the real true
GOAL of WISPs being mired in CALEA is because two people connected to
the same AP MIGHT pass packets that aren't captured by current means,
then can some one please tell me... How we can expect an embedded,
low power, 'edge' of network device like an AP to have enough CPU to
provide our subscribers the service they are accustomed to while
mirroring/capturing traffic?
2.
Frequency
1.
Face it, Spectrum Auctions are completely redonk.
1.
With out more 'public outcry' type pressure being
applied for the FCC to widen 'for public use', unlicensed spectrum,
then the large, fat cat, corporate behemoths will keep our WISP
efforts comfortably confined to only very small portion of market,
and 'we the people' are worse off because of it.
2.
I sincerely hope that I live to see the day when
the devices are allowed to be truly freq. portable / agnostic. To see
a time when my devices may communicate with each other with custom
wave forms simultaneously even if walking in the same frequency.
3.
I love what WISPs /CLECs have done, I love what WISPs are
about, we are truly participants in our communities whom care. I hope
we as WISPs are not about to transform into lemmings and run the herd
off a cliff.
</RANT>
Some may know me, but I do appreciate your candor in not revealing it.
;) lol
Peace and freedom to all,
XXX
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