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IP: Industry Standard Article on Carnivore
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 06:57:28 -0400
From: "Jason L. Rosensweig" <jason.rosensweig () nist gov> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> A solid review of the situation, with some nice snippets of congressional buzz. At least it's better than omnivore: "The name Carnivore is something the FBI now regrets, agency officials have said, because it implies that the system devours large quantities of information the way a lion consumes fresh meat. Kerr explained that the system is actually a packet sniffer similar to the types of technology used by network administrators to diagnose problems on their networks. Carnivore can pick up only the packets that use the Internet protocol address to which the FBI has been granted access by court order, Kerr said." http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17093,00.html Jason Rosensweig National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Computer Security Division, Room 667 301.975.5727 Vc 240.460.0739 Cl 801.948.0279 Fx jason.rosensweig () nist gov
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