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Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network?
From: Kurt Erik Lindqvist <kurtis () kurtis pp se>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2004 09:24:48 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2004-01-20, at 22.19, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
In message <400D9745.76839304 () greendragon com>, William Allen Simpson writes:Eriks Rugelis wrote:On the other hand, if your environment consists of a large number (100's) of potential tapping points, then you will quickly determine that in-line taps have very poor scaling properties. a) They are not rack-dense b) They require external power warts c) They are not cheap (in the range of US$500 each) d) Often when you have that many potential tapping points, you are likely to be processing a larger number of warrants in a year. An in-line tap arrangement will require a body to physically install the recording equipment and cables to the trace-ports on the tap. You may also need to make room for more than one set of recording gear at each site.This is a feature, not a bug. Law enforcement is required to pay -- up front -- all costs of tapping. No pay, no play.Right, at least in the U.S. See section 4(e) of http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2518.html
From the initial discussions in Sweden around the new electronic communications act, it seems as if the operators are obliged to provide tapping free of charge. If this turns out to be the case, I guess it is pretty much the same all over Europe as the law is supposed to be based on a EU framework. - - kurtis - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBQA43VaarNKXTPFCVEQLymQCgtgsN2rvN5zZ2lsbBTvi9VNnXYS8AoJyL 8z7bI+SOn3g4aGAb2lh6S2jk =XUQj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network?, (continued)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? doug (Jan 17)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Chris Brenton (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Paul Vixie (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Sean Donelan (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Paul Vixie (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Bohdan Tashchuk (Jan 18)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Eriks Rugelis (Jan 20)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Scott McGrath (Jan 20)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? William Allen Simpson (Jan 20)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Steven M. Bellovin (Jan 20)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Jan 21)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Daniel Karrenberg (Jan 21)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Roland Perry (Jan 21)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Kurt Erik Lindqvist (Jan 22)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Roland Perry (Jan 23)
- Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network? Paul Wouters (Jan 21)