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Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these?
From: Chris Adams <chris () digitaria com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 23:14:56 -0700
On 04/30/00 09:59:53 PM adam () flounder net wrote:
On Sun, Apr 30, 2000 at 04:14:11PM -0700, Roland Dobbins wrote:http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2000/04/30/stinwenws01034.htmlI thought that we already had one of these and that it was called Echelon.
Defeating Echelon involves only using standard techniques that are a good idea in any case (strong encryption and encrypting everything). This requires ISPs to install the wiretaps at their cost; coupled with RIP this means that you know the government will be recording your traffic and they can very easily require you to give them any encrypted traffic. The civil rights issues have been getting a lot of attention, but has anyone come across something discussing the security issues? Breaking into one of these monitoring centers would be a major coup for a cracker and I rather strongly doubt that a government agency would be on the ball enough to make a break-in impossible.
Current thread:
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? jlewis (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? John Fraizer (Apr 30)
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- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Adam McKenna (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Adam McKenna (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? John Butler (May 02)
- The Boston *KEY* Party... John Fraizer (May 01)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Chris Adams (Apr 30)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? Peter Galbavy (May 05)
- Re: How long before NIPC decides we need one of these? John Fraizer (May 05)