Re: PRISM: NSA/FBI Internet data mining project

[Kauto Huopio <kauto () huopio fi>]

I would add opportunistic STARTTLS to all SMTP processing devices.

--Kauto


On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 12:23 AM, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Leo Bicknell <bicknell () ufp org> wrote:
> > While there's a whole political aspect of electing people who pass
> > better laws, NANOG is not a political action forum. However many
> > of the people on NANOG are in positions to affect positive change
> > at their respective employers.
> >
> > - Implement HTTPS for all services.
> > - Implement PGP for e-mail.
> > - Implement S/MIME for e-mail.
> > - Build cloud services that encrypt on the client machine, using a key
> that is only kept on the client machine.
> > - Create better UI frameworks for managing keys and identities.
> > - Align data retention policies with the law.
> > - Scrutinize and reject defective government legal requests.
> > - When allowed by law, charge law enforcement for access to data.
>
> +1
>
> Very few of you work in jobs where the external requirements are so
> well and rigidly defined that you lack the leeway to include these
> sorts of efforts. You may not control the feature list but you control
> the components which compose the features tasked to you. Write it in
> to the things you do and give the next guy an opportunity to follow
> your lead.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
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