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Forget neutrality - Keep packets private
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:04:07 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Daniel Berninger <dan () danielberninger com> Date: January 15, 2007 5:11:00 AM EST To: dave () farber net Subject: Forget neutrality - Keep packets private Reply-To: Daniel Berninger <dan () danielberninger com> Hi Dave, For IP. I have a post over at Gigaom.com pointing out developments that threaten net neutrality also threaten privacy. Best regards, Dan ................................................... Daniel Berninger VP, Sr Analyst Tier1 Research www.tier1research.com dan () tier1research com 202.250.3838
http://gigaom.com/2007/01/14/forget-neutrality-keep-packets-private Forget Neutrality - Keep Packets Private Written by Daniel Berninger - Posted Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 8:30 PM PT Never mind net neutrality, I want my privacy. As in packet privacy. Thetelcos say they need to sell non-neutral routing of traffic to recover the
cost of building broadband networks. Moving from the Internet, where a packet-is-a-packet, to something that looks suspiciously like the 20thcentury telephone network requires remarrying the content and connectivity
that TCP/IP divorced. It requires deep packet inspection. It requires looking at the content of communication. AT&T does not plan to roll out two physical pipes to every end point in order to sell Google enhanced access. The new telco plan calls for content-based routing to separate traffic into media and destination specific VPNs (Virtual Private Networks). Laws exist to address thesubstantial privacy threats created by the fact telephone companies know Mr.
Smith called Mr. Jones, but the privacy risks associated with "content routing" replacing "end point routing" enter an different realm. Coping with billing disputes still means retaining data. Under what circumstances might a third party get access to the data derived fromcontent routing? Content routing in one context enables content filtering in another. Lessons Cisco accumulates in providing content filtering equipment
for the Great Firewall of China apply to directly to content routing ambitions of telcos in the U.S. <snip> ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ipArchives at: Archives: http://archives.listbox.com/247/
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