[165574] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Internet Surveillance and Boomerang Routing: A Call for Canadian
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Lixfeld)
Mon Sep 9 10:43:40 2013
From: Jason Lixfeld <jason@lixfeld.ca>
In-Reply-To: <CAAf7Uonhvce30LOg_rHD5s6GLpJyObBcCuaJiBXEZVyoF9n_yg@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:43:12 -0400
To: Derek Andrew <Derek.Andrew@usask.ca>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
That notwithstanding, it's stupid to send traffic to/from one of the =
large $your_region/country incumbents via $not_your_region/country. =
It's just not good Internet. You make enough money already. Be a good =
netizen. It pays more in the long run and that's all you're really =
after for your shareholders anyway, right?
On 2013-09-08, at 11:54 AM, Derek Andrew <Derek.Andrew@usask.ca> wrote:
> The topic of Canadian network sovereignty has been part of the =
Canadian
> conscience since the failure of CANNET back in the 1970s.
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> Canadians citizens, on Canadian soil, already supply feeds directly to =
the
> NSA. Rerouting Internet traffic would make no difference.
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> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Paul Ferguson =
<fergdawgster@mykolab.com>wrote:
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>> A Canadian ISP colleague of mine suggested that the NANOG =
constituency
>> might be interested in this, given some recent 'revelations', so I
>> forward it here for you perusal.
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>> "Preliminary analysis of more than 25,000 traceroutes reveals a
>> phenomenon we call =91boomerang routing=92 whereby =
Canadian-to-Canadian
>> internet transmissions are routinely routed through the United =
States.
>> Canadian originated transmissions that travel to a Canadian =
destination
>> via a U.S. switching centre or carrier are subject to U.S. law -
>> including the USA Patriot Act and FISAA. As a result, these
>> transmissions expose Canadians to potential U.S. surveillance =
activities
>> =96 a violation of Canadian network sovereignty."
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http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2013/09/routing-inter=
net-transmission-across-the-canada-us-border-and-us-surveillance-activitie=
s.html
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>> Cheers,
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>> - ferg
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>> --
>> Paul Ferguson
>> Vice President, Threat Intelligence
>> Internet Identity, Tacoma, Washington USA
>> IID --> "Connect and Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com
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> Copyright 2013 Derek Andrew (excluding quotations)
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> Typed but not read.
