[120689] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: RBN and it's spin-offs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Ferguson)
Wed Dec 30 23:12:44 2009
In-Reply-To: <47c4bafa707aaa4f8d501f034c2abaf7@mail.dessus.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:12:11 -0800
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@gmail.com>
To: Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@dessus.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 8:05 PM, Keith Medcalf <kmedcalf@dessus.com> wrote:
>
> Without a warrant, there is an absolute right to privacy.
> It continues to exist right up until either (a) one party chooses
> to give up that privacy or (b) a third party arrives with a Court
> Order. This is simply a covenant between two parties to preserve
> that "private" state unless lawfully compelled by lawful process
> otherwise. In other words, a covenant to adhere to the rule of
> law and the courts in the event of any dispute between the parties
> or any third party. It sure seems like a good thing to me -- and a
> covenant I would hope anyone I do business adheres to.
>
That's funny.
You're assuming that the MLAT [1] process works -- it doesn't.
- - ferg
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Legal_Assistance_Treaty
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Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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