IP: Industry Standard Article on Carnivore

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: "Jason L. Rosensweig" <jason.rosensweig () nist gov>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> A solid review of the situation, with some nice snippets of congressional 
> buzz.
>
> At least it's better than omnivore:
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> "The name Carnivore is something the FBI now regrets, agency officials 
> have said, because it implies that the system devours large quantities of 
> information the way a lion consumes fresh meat. Kerr explained that the 
> system is actually a packet sniffer similar to the types of technology 
> used by network administrators to diagnose problems on their networks. 
> Carnivore can pick up only the packets that use the Internet protocol 
> address to which the FBI has been granted access by court order, Kerr said."
>
> http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17093,00.html
>
> Jason Rosensweig
> National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
> Computer Security Division, Room 667
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> jason.rosensweig () nist gov