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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: government eavesdropping
: > So what is the real story here? Is all, most, some of our : > international Internet traffic being intercepted by various : > governments? Is it only international traffic that is at issue or is : > domestic traffic within the US subject to routine eavesdropping : > without a court order? : > : The US government has had listening devices at the MAEs/NAPs for years. : They have also patented techniques for sorting and classifying : conversations, which appear to be applicable to Internet traffic. : : As for other governments, haven't you heard Moscowitz's Chrysler story? : : : > Have I been misleading people? : > : While Merit has done an admirable job internally of organizing its : networks, so that customer traffic doesn't pass by client machines : and would be difficult to monitor, other ISPs and companies are not : so diligent. Specifically, what have Merit, and presumably yourself done that any reasonably clued ISP hasn't? Aside from responsible subneting, and standard non-intrusive filtering, what can be done? It seems to me that beyond that, the burden of safeguarding data falls on the end-user. -brian
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