[46169] in Cypherpunks
Re: Internet wiretap?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert A. Rosenberg)
Sun Dec 31 03:47:30 1995
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 1995 03:34:16 -0500
To: Joel McNamara <joelm@eskimo.com>
From: "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9001@panix.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
At 20:09 12/29/95, Joel McNamara wrote:
>This tidbit was posted a few hours ago on c|net (12/29 4:00 PST).
>
> Thanks to a wiretap on the Internet, three people have been arrested
>for illegally
> selling and manufacturing cellular phone equipment and electronic
>devices over the Internet,
> according to Secret Service agent Brian Gimlett. This is the first
>time the Secret Service and the
> Drug Enforcement Administration were allowed to wiretap via the
>Internet, says Gimlett.
>
>The rest of the story talks about an exchange of e-mail discussing the sale
>of various nasty
>cellular accessories. There is no information on exactly what "wiretap"
>means or any other
>technical details. Interesting to note the DEA was in on it.
It is not that hard to "tap" a user's account if you are the SMTP server
(you just put a Bcc on all outgoing mail and add an extra account to all
incoming mail's Envelope). A few lines in the Sendmail parms would do this
very simply.
