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Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty
From: Derek Andrew <Derek.Andrew () usask ca>
Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2013 09:54:44 -0600
The topic of Canadian network sovereignty has been part of the Canadian conscience since the failure of CANNET back in the 1970s. Canadians citizens, on Canadian soil, already supply feeds directly to the NSA. Rerouting Internet traffic would make no difference. On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>wrote:
A Canadian ISP colleague of mine suggested that the NANOG constituency might be interested in this, given some recent 'revelations', so I forward it here for you perusal. "Preliminary analysis of more than 25,000 traceroutes reveals a phenomenon we call ‘boomerang routing’ whereby Canadian-to-Canadian internet transmissions are routinely routed through the United States. Canadian originated transmissions that travel to a Canadian destination via a U.S. switching centre or carrier are subject to U.S. law - including the USA Patriot Act and FISAA. As a result, these transmissions expose Canadians to potential U.S. surveillance activities – a violation of Canadian network sovereignty." http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2013/09/routing-internet-transmission-across-the-canada-us-border-and-us-surveillance-activities.html Cheers, - ferg -- Paul Ferguson Vice President, Threat Intelligence Internet Identity, Tacoma, Washington USA IID --> "Connect and Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com
-- Copyright 2013 Derek Andrew (excluding quotations) +1 306 966 4808 Information and Communications Technology University of Saskatchewan Peterson 120; 54 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada. S7N 2V3 Timezone GMT-6 Typed but not read.
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- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Wayne E Bouchard (Sep 07)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Harald Koch (Sep 07)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Dave Crocker (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Dobbins, Roland (Sep 07)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Dobbins, Roland (Sep 07)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty <<"tei''>>> (Sep 07)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Randy Bush (Sep 08)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Dobbins, Roland (Sep 08)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty bmanning (Sep 08)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Michael Thomas (Sep 08)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Derek Andrew (Sep 08)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Jason Lixfeld (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Allen McKinley Kitchen (gmail) (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty joel jaeggli (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Joe Abley (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Michael Hallgren (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty joel jaeggli (Sep 09)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Jean-Francois Mezei (Sep 10)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Bill Woodcock (Sep 10)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty William Waites (Sep 10)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Rob Seastrom (Sep 10)
- Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty Jason Lixfeld (Sep 09)