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Re: Just Carnivore (was: Yahoogroups and Carnivore)


From: Len Sassaman <rabbi () quickie net>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 16:34:09 -0700 (PDT)


On Mon, 17 Sep 2001, Larry Diffey wrote:


Supposedly Carnivore only targets specific kinds of traffic and doesn't
really monitor everything at once.  It's not like (again, supposedly)
Echelon that examines everything and then red flags certain items.

Wrong.

Carnivore is only looking for certain things.  Also, there is no outside
access to it.  Someone has to physically come in and remove the mass media
(what ever that may be: more than likely a hard drive).

Wrong. See the report I posted and the section in it about dialin and ISDN
access.



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