Carnivore alternative

Thu Oct 4 16:03:06 UTC 2001

At 06:33 04/10/01 -0700, Eliot Lear wrote:

I just post links (occassionally) that may be of interest to NANOG.  I 
think the legalities and other nuances are best discussed by NAers and not 
by MEers :-)

-Hank

>Hank,
>
>Indeed when the FBI visited with NANOG in Washington D.C., the guy
>stated pretty plainly that if you didn't want to use Carnivore you
>didn't have to.  You merely needed to provide the information listed in
>the warrant.  Now I'm not a provider, and I can't verify what he said,
>but that is what he said.
>
>On the other hand, what assurance is there that there is no trap door in
>NetWitness.  What one might do is place filters on the port that
>connects such devices so as to limit the intercept to information that
>could be conceivably covered by the warrant.  I've heard from some ISPs
>that they would rather the FBI not even tell them who the target is, for
>fear of the information leaking.
>
>Strange legal jungle we live in.
>
>Comments?  (So, Ran, got both barrels loaded, yet? ;-)
>
>Eliot
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Hank Nussbacher" <hank at att.net.il>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 9:45 PM
>Subject: Carnivore alternative
>
>
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21992.html
> >
> > Hank
> >