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From: Rossella Mariotti-Jones <rossella.mariotti.jones () CHEMEKETA EDU>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 12:46:08 -0700

Hello Tracy,  one of these situations applies to us, so we already know we
have to comply,  unless we change the situation which will take some time.
We have our network designed in such a way that we can pretty easily
identify where the feds would need to plug in to get the traffic they need,
and in the very near future well roll out user ID for 90% of our internal
users. What I'm trying to do is figure out if this is enough to say "yes we
are compliant".
On Jun 13, 2015 00:26, "Tracy Beth Mitrano" <tbm3 () cornell edu> wrote:

 Rosella,

 I agree with what Mark outlined and will add for more clarification that
unless your network supplies the public with Internet service, as for
example with a fee, or it connects directly to the Internet, instead of
going through a commercial provider, the network is exempt from CALEA.

 Best, Tracy


 On Jun 12, 2015, at 6:31 AM, Berman, Mark <mberman () siena edu> wrote:

 Rosella,

 I think the articles you are reading are from when CALEA was first
passed and interpretations had not been written. The commonly accepted
reading of the law now is that it exempts "private networks" and most
higher ed institutions define themselves as private networks. There has
been some "forgetting" about CALEA in recent years and I've read postings
on this list about colleges who allow open access to their networks; my
take is that if you run some kind of Network Access Control (NAC) and only
allow full access to people with accounts in your system, along with guest
access where people register their names and reasons for being on campus,
then you can in good faith define yourself as "private" and exempt from
CALEA. I remember the ALA (libraries) issuing a legal opinion that
libraries were exempt for other reasons and that opinion is available on
the Educause site here:
http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/libraries-are-exempt-calea-wiretap-obligations

 Bottom line, it's a lot easier to declare yourself exempt than to spend
money on hardware to try and comply. As far as I know this has never been
litigated and until it is and a judge says I'm wrong, I'll stand on that
opinion.

  - Mark
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On 6-11-15, Rossella Mariotti-Jones Wrote:

Hello all, I found the following FAQ on Educause and I have some
questions about how the compliance technically works. At some point in the
past when we were figuring out how to comply, someone suggested that as
long as we can supply a span port on various key pieces of equipment we
could be ok because the Feds will come in with their own boxes. Is this at
all close to what happens in reality? and if not, what is the college
required to provide?
TIA.

http://www.educause.edu/focus-areas-and-initiatives/policy-and-security/educause-policy/issues-and-positions/networking-and-telecommunications/tfaq
rossella mariotti-jones | network analyst | information technology |
chemeketa community college | p: 503-589-7775 | e: rmariott () chemeketa edu
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