[19987] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Goldstein_William@bns.att.com)
Thu Oct 1 13:50:25 1998
From: Goldstein_William@bns.att.com
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 13:38:00 -0400
TO: bjames@terraware.net, nanog@merit.edu
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Other postings on this list have noted that over half of the Internet
traffic (at least on the Web) is porn.
Perhaps offers a new angle for the Human Resources staff of NSA a new
recruiting angle, i.e.
"Look at naughty pictures all day AND GET PAID!!!!"
At least it would offer the Starr staff steady employment after the
Clinton investigation is over...
;-)
(Opinions are my own, not of my employer)
Bill Goldstein
Senior Internet Specialist
AT&T
wgoldstein@att.com
TEL:(412)642-7288
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From: bjames
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 1998 7:39 PM
To: nanog
Cc: bjames
Subject: It's 1998; do you know where your packets are?
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This isn't entirely operational in nature, but if true does =20
somewhat have an impact on what we are operating. You can find the =20
entire text at www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15295.html
but here are a few snippets to give you an idea of what it's about.
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"In October, Europe's governing body will commission a full report
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the workings of Echelon, a global network of highly sensitive
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posts operated in part by America's most clandestine intelligence =20
organization, the National Security Agency. "
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"Echelon is reportedly able to intercept, record, and translate any =20
electronic communication -- telephone, data, cellular, fax, email,
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-- sent anywhere in the world. "
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"Echelon intercepts Internet traffic at the transport layer, such as
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TCP/IP layer, so the system doesn't care too much what it is or where=
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came from," said Pike. "For analog traffic, such as telephone =20
conversations, it uses automatic voice-recognition technology to scan=
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conversations." =20
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Seems far fetched (but not *that* far), but worth a read.
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Barry
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