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Re: IP: IETF considers building wiretapping into the Internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul A. Lambert)
Fri Oct 15 14:22:54 1999
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Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:50:42 -0700
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>,
"P.J. Ponder" <ponder@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
From: "Paul A. Lambert" <plambert@sprintmail.com>
Cc: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>, cryptography@c2.net
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> >
> > Is it a given that IETF standard protocols will contain backdoors? I
> > support the idea of bringing the issue before the IETF. Surely the vast
> > majority will oppose weakening the protocols.
> >
Backdoors not the only consideration. Phone systems have many interesting properties for government monitoring.
- All phones have a readily available (to a government) physical address.
- Mobile phones are associated with a physical billing address. Mail drops are not usually allowed.
- Audit trails of all calls can be made available. Who you call is often more interesting than what you say.
So in this context, what are the implications to IP addresses? I'm sure the FBI will want similar tracking of Internet addresses.
On a related note ...
Does anyone on this list have a reference to the story about the soccer mom that was recently investigated by the police? She apparently used her Safeway shopping card to buy many baggies for the soccer teams sandwiches.
Paul
