Administration Asks Appeals Court To Compel ISP Searches

Tue May 31 19:53:16 UTC 2005

At 01:39 PM 5/31/2005, Jason Frisvold wrote:

>On 5/31/05, Chris Ranch <CRanch at affinity.com> wrote:
> > Looks like they want us to turn over customer info without the subpoena,
> > but simply with a phone call (or whatever) from an investigator.  I
> > would hope that would be just for specific accounts, and not the entire
> > customer list.  In any event, now we're going to have to at least
> > confirm the investigator's identity, whereas currently the sub carries
> > sufficient authority.
>
>Ugh..  Ok, so it's a "Hi, I'm an FBI Agent.  Gimme info on Joe Blow
>and Mary Jane" and I'm supposed to jump and give out that info...  No
>questions asked...

An NSL is hand delivered to an ISP, not faxed or mailed. The person 
delivering that NSL must present identification, and hands the NSL over to 
the ISP. The NSL must be hand-delivered back (again, not faxed or mailed). 
The person picking it up must present to me proper identification in order 
to receive it.

I have never received an NSL that was faxed or otherwise delivered to me 
without proper authorization and identification, either at Road Runner or 
Adelphia.

-MH

W. Mark Herrick, Jr.
Director - Data and Network Security - Adelphia Communications
5619 DTC Parkway, Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(O) 303-268-6440 (C) 720-252-5929 (F) 303-268-6687
AIM: AdelphiaSecWMH