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Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff
From: George Michaelson <ggm () algebras org>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 15:40:49 +0200
It got a pretty firefight discussion at the NZNOG. None of the ISPs feel comfortable with it, but in avoiding a shoot-the-messenger syndrome they tried to give good feedback to the reps from GCSB who came to talk. Basically, a lot of post-act variations are expected to clarify what changes do and do not have to be notified. There was a lot of bitter humour about calling them at 3am to report BGP failures and ask permission to remediate. On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () mykolab com>wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I realize that New Zealand is *not* in North America (hence NANOG), but I figure that some global providers might be interested here. This sounds rather... dire (probably not the right word). "The new Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act of 2013 is in effect in New Zealand and brings in several drastic changes for ISPs, telcos and service providers. One of the country's spy agencies, the GCSB, gets to decide on network equipment procurement and design decisions (PDF), plus operators have to register with the police and obtain security clearance for some staff. Somewhat illogically, the NZ government pushed through the law combining mandated communications interception capabilities for law enforcement, with undefined network security requirements as decided by the GCSB. All network operators are subject to the new law, including local providers as well as the likes of Facebook, Google, Microsoft, who have opposed it, saying the new statutes clash with overseas privacy legislation." http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/05/13/005259/new-zealand-spy-agency-to-vet-network-builds-provider-staff FYI, - - ferg - -- Paul Ferguson VP Threat Intelligence, IID PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iF4EAREIAAYFAlNyHw4ACgkQKJasdVTchbLwDgD/WVHo2iTapJ90l8MRcwUZ5OQ7 QfJ5cI1v4t2bUXZp1hQBAKHCP0hyxg6naGOzRLt/vHjgxXnl3+yiWoj0ENxQyIr9 =0yLu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Current thread:
- New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Paul Ferguson (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff George Michaelson (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Paul Ferguson (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff George Michaelson (May 13)
- RE: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Tony Wicks (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Mark Tinka (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Joe Abley (May 14)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Paul Ferguson (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff George Michaelson (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Owen DeLong (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Patrick W. Gilmore (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Aaron (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Alain Hebert (May 14)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Owen DeLong (May 13)
- Re: New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff Patrick W. Gilmore (May 13)