It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?
Goldstein_William at bns.att.com
Goldstein_William at bns.att.com
Thu Oct 1 17:38:00 UTC 1998
Other postings on this list have noted that over half of the Internet
traffic (at least on the Web) is porn.
Perhaps offers a new angle for the Human Resources staff of NSA a new
recruiting angle, i.e.
"Look at naughty pictures all day AND GET PAID!!!!"
At least it would offer the Starr staff steady employment after the
Clinton investigation is over...
;-)
(Opinions are my own, not of my employer)
Bill Goldstein
Senior Internet Specialist
AT&T
wgoldstein at att.com
TEL:(412)642-7288
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From: bjames
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 7:39 PM
To: nanog
Cc: bjames
Subject: It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?
This isn't entirely operational in nature, but if true does
somewhat have an impact on what we are operating. You can find the
entire text at www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15295.html
but here are a few snippets to give you an idea of what it's about.
"In October, Europe's governing body will commission a full report
into
the workings of Echelon, a global network of highly sensitive
listening
posts operated in part by America's most clandestine intelligence
organization, the National Security Agency. "
"Echelon is reportedly able to intercept, record, and translate any
electronic communication -- telephone, data, cellular, fax, email,
telex
-- sent anywhere in the world. "
"Echelon intercepts Internet traffic at the transport layer, such as
the
TCP/IP layer, so the system doesn't care too much what it is or where
it
came from," said Pike. "For analog traffic, such as telephone
conversations, it uses automatic voice-recognition technology to scan
the
conversations."
Seems far fetched (but not *that* far), but worth a read.
Barry
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