New Zealand Spy Agency To Vet Network Builds, Provider Staff

Tue May 13 18:01:43 UTC 2014

I didn’t see the NSA telling us what we had to buy are demanding advance approval rights on our maintenance procedures.

Owen

On May 13, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patrick at ianai.net> wrote:

> Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of this. But at least they did it in the open, unlike the NSA (where you live).
> 
> -- 
> TTFN,
> patrick
> 
> On May 13, 2014, at 12:12 , Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
> 
>> Yep… If I had infrastructure in NZ, that would be enough to cause me to remove it.
>> 
>> Owen
>> 
>> On May 13, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster at mykolab.com> wrote:
>> 
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>>> I realize that New Zealand is *not* in North America (hence NANOG),
>>> but I figure that some global providers might be interested here.
>>> 
>>> This sounds rather... dire (probably not the right word).
>>> 
>>> "The new Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act
>>> of 2013 is in effect in New Zealand and brings in several drastic
>>> changes for ISPs, telcos and service providers. One of the country's
>>> spy agencies, the GCSB, gets to decide on network equipment
>>> procurement and design decisions (PDF), plus operators have to
>>> register with the police and obtain security clearance for some staff.
>>> Somewhat illogically, the NZ government pushed through the law
>>> combining mandated communications interception capabilities for law
>>> enforcement, with undefined network security requirements as decided
>>> by the GCSB. All network operators are subject to the new law,
>>> including local providers as well as the likes of Facebook, Google,
>>> Microsoft, who have opposed it, saying the new statutes clash with
>>> overseas privacy legislation."
>>> 
>>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/05/13/005259/new-zealand-spy-agency-to-vet-network-builds-provider-staff
>>> 
>>> FYI,
>>> 
>>> - - ferg
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> - -- 
>>> Paul Ferguson
>>> VP Threat Intelligence, IID
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