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Unnamed Administration sources reported that Daniel Golding said: > > Well, what's a "peering point"? Most traffic does not traverse public > peering points, domestically. So, in order to look at enough traffic to make > it worthwhile, the .gov would have to optically tap all the private peering > x-connects between major carriers. That is a major endevour, and would > surely be eventually discovered (probably sooner, rather than later). And, > of course, the equipment needed to actually look at that data, at line rate, > would be difficult to conceal. > > There are also numerous rules against doing this sort of thing domestically. a) I commented on the Pentagon zone-of-control issue, and don't feel competent to speak on most aspects of backbone sniffing. Ask folks who run backbones and peering points. b) That said: There WERE also numerous rules against doing.... Spend some time reading about both the so-called Patriot Act <http://www.aclu.org/congress/l110101a.html> and Ashcroft policy of late. See EPIC, EFF, and ACLU's pages on same, for starters. When the best-protected personal data you have is your Blockbuster account, and your public library & medical records are open to any knuckle-dragger WITHOUT a warrant.... ...and protesting same can make you too an enemy-combatant; detained without charge in a brig... You may wish to review your thinking. This is way OT for NANOG. If you want to come back on topic; what's your own NOC's SOP for when the G-men knock on the door at midnight waving paper & steel? -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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