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RE: It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?

  • From: Goldstein_William
  • Date: Thu Oct 01 13:59:01 1998

Other postings on this list have noted that over half of the Internet
traffic (at least on the Web) is porn.

Perhaps offers a new angle for the Human Resources staff of NSA a new
recruiting angle, i.e.

"Look at naughty pictures all day AND GET PAID!!!!"

At least it would offer the Starr staff steady employment after the
Clinton investigation is over...

;-)

(Opinions are my own, not of my employer)
Bill Goldstein
Senior Internet Specialist
AT&T
[email protected]
TEL:(412)642-7288

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   From:       bjames
   Sent:       Wednesday, September 30, 1998 7:39 PM
   To:         nanog
   Cc:         bjames
   Subject:    It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?
    
      This isn't entirely operational in nature, but if true does  
   somewhat have an impact on what we are operating.  You can find the  
   entire text at www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15295.html
   but here are a few snippets to give you an idea of what it's about.
    
   "In October, Europe's governing body will commission a full report
   into  
   the workings of Echelon, a global network of highly sensitive
   listening  
   posts operated in part by America's most clandestine intelligence  
   organization, the National Security Agency. "
    
   "Echelon is reportedly able to intercept, record, and translate any  
   electronic communication -- telephone, data, cellular, fax, email,
   telex  
   -- sent anywhere in the world. "
    
   "Echelon intercepts Internet traffic at the transport layer, such as
   the  
   TCP/IP layer, so the system doesn't care too much what it is or where
   it  
   came from," said Pike. "For analog traffic, such as telephone  
   conversations, it uses automatic voice-recognition technology to scan
   the  
   conversations."  
    
   Seems far fetched (but not *that* far), but worth a read.
    
   Barry
    
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