Re: What's the best way to wiretap a network?

[Roland Perry <nanog () internetpolicyagency com>]

In article <468B1BFA-4BEB-11D8-BCF8-000A95928574 () kurtis pp se>, Kurt 
Erik Lindqvist <kurtis () kurtis pp se> writes
> 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.

There's nothing in the new EU Communications Framework (or indeed 
elsewhere in EU law) that controls whether or not operators can charge 
for wiretaps. It's a country by country thing. Complicated by some 
countries that claim to re-imburse, actually being chronically bad at 
paying the invoices.

In the UK, for example, the current situation is that running costs are 
re-imbursed, and network upgrades to be wire-tap ready can benefit from 
a one-off grant (but new networks must be designed to be wire-tap ready 
at the operator's expense).
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Roland Perry