Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian Network Sovereignty

[joel jaeggli <joelja () bogus com>]

On 9/9/13 7:43 AM, Jason Lixfeld wrote:
> That notwithstanding, it's stupid to send traffic to/from one of the
> large $your_region/country incumbents via $not_your_region/country.
> It's just not good Internet. 

yyz-yvr is faster via the united states. physics doesn't respect
poltical boundries.

 You make enough money already.  Be a
> good netizen.  It pays more in the long run and that's all you're
> really after for your shareholders anyway, right?
>
> On 2013-09-08, at 11:54 AM, Derek Andrew <Derek.Andrew () usask ca>
> wrote:
>
> > The topic of Canadian network sovereignty has been part of the
> > Canadian conscience since the failure of CANNET back in the 1970s.
> >
> > Canadians citizens, on Canadian soil, already supply feeds directly
> > to the NSA. Rerouting Internet traffic would make no difference.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Paul Ferguson
> > <fergdawgster () mykolab com>wrote:
> >
> > > A Canadian ISP colleague of mine suggested that the NANOG
> > > constituency might be interested in this, given some recent
> > > 'revelations', so I forward it here for you perusal.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Preliminary analysis of more than 25,000 traceroutes reveals a 
> > > phenomenon we call ‘boomerang routing’ whereby
> > > Canadian-to-Canadian internet transmissions are routinely routed
> > > through the United States. Canadian originated transmissions that
> > > travel to a Canadian destination via a U.S. switching centre or
> > > carrier are subject to U.S. law - including the USA Patriot Act
> > > and FISAA. As a result, these transmissions expose Canadians to
> > > potential U.S. surveillance activities – a violation of Canadian
> > > network sovereignty."
> > >
> > >
> > > http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2013/09/routing-internet-transmission-across-the-canada-us-border-and-us-surveillance-activities.html
Cheers,
> > > - ferg
> > >
> > >
> > > -- Paul Ferguson Vice President, Threat Intelligence Internet
> > > Identity, Tacoma, Washington  USA IID --> "Connect and
> > > Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com
> >
> >
> > -- Copyright 2013 Derek Andrew (excluding quotations)
> >
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> > Typed but not read.