Re: Carnivore alternative

[Hank Nussbacher <hank () att net il>]

At 06:33 04/10/01 -0700, Eliot Lear wrote:

I just post links (occassionally) that may be of interest to NANOG.  I 
think the legalities and other nuances are best discussed by NAers and not 
by MEers :-)

-Hank

> Hank,
>
> Indeed when the FBI visited with NANOG in Washington D.C., the guy
> stated pretty plainly that if you didn't want to use Carnivore you
> didn't have to.  You merely needed to provide the information listed in
> the warrant.  Now I'm not a provider, and I can't verify what he said,
> but that is what he said.
>
> On the other hand, what assurance is there that there is no trap door in
> NetWitness.  What one might do is place filters on the port that
> connects such devices so as to limit the intercept to information that
> could be conceivably covered by the warrant.  I've heard from some ISPs
> that they would rather the FBI not even tell them who the target is, for
> fear of the information leaking.
>
> Strange legal jungle we live in.
>
> Comments?  (So, Ran, got both barrels loaded, yet? ;-)
>
> Eliot
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank Nussbacher" <hank () att net il>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:45 PM
> Subject: Carnivore alternative
>
>
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21992.html
> >
> > Hank
> >