[42914] in Cypherpunks
Re: lp (134.222.35.2)?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex de Joode)
Sun Nov 5 08:38:29 1995
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 1995 14:34:07 +0100
From: Alex de Joode <usura@utopia.hacktic.nl>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
[..]
: This is silly. If the NSA were monitoring traffic with the consent of
: EUnet and UUNET (and note that EUnet is owned by UUNET rival PSI), they
: wouldn't need to play these routing games; they'd just eavesdrop at an
: interconnect or on the leased lines leading into it, run a rough filter
: over it to cut down volume, and tunnel the traffic home through other
: channels (probably satellite). And if they were monitoring without the
: consent of UUNET and EUnet, they still wouldn't play these games because
: the providers would be upset about the unexpected load on the expensive
: and overloaded transatlantic pipes.
PSI has an 11% stake in EUnet, since they took over EUnet Britain, 11% doesn't
qualify as 'owning' where I live.
Regards,
-AJ-
