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RE: tor


From: "Joe Blanchard" <jbfixurpc () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:27:25 -0400

Yes, allow records and perhaps a phone tap, but not held liable for the
means to a crime as suggested in earlier
emails. 

Again, lets get back to suitable content. We could certainly go on an on
about the legal items
but of what relevance is it to NANOG. 

Kind Regards,
-Joe Blanchard 

-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Bates [mailto:jbates () brightok net] 
Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:14 PM
To: Joe Blanchard
Cc: 'Rod Beck'; 'Steven M. Bellovin'; trelane () trelane net; 
'NANOG list'
Subject: Re: tor



Joe Blanchard wrote:
My gosh...

Ok, so if someone happens to talk about murder over the 
phone, is the 
phone company providing the service held liable?

Lets get back to rational/informative content please.

The phone company still has to provide records of who owns 
the phone number and perhaps allow a tap of the phone 
depending on court orders. I seem to have to maintain a CALEA 
server and compliance which I will probably never use but is 
mandated by law. If the courts find they can never find the 
owner of an IP, then the laws will mandate that we maintain 
such records; and in fact, there has been more than one bill 
for provisioning the storage of all emails for subpoena purposes.

I'm not familiar with TOR, but I suspect that governments can 
still step through it to find the person responsible if 
perhaps a bit more time consuming.

Jack



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