[71618] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: [Fwd: [IP] Feds: VoIP a potential haven for terrorists]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Sat Jun 19 12:20:57 2004
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
Cc: Stephen Sprunk <stephen@sprunk.org>,
North American Noise and Off-topic Gripes <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 19 Jun 2004 01:48:57 EDT."
<Pine.GSO.4.58.0406190133050.29563@clifden.donelan.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 12:20:20 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In message <Pine.GSO.4.58.0406190133050.29563@clifden.donelan.com>, Sean Donela
n writes:
>In reality, CALEA is a funding bill; it has very little to do with
>technology.
There's a lot more to it than that -- there's also access without
involving telco personnel, and possibly the ability to do many more
wiretaps (have you looked at the capacity requirements lately), but
funding is certainly a large part of it. From Section (e) of
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/18/2518.html :
Any provider of wire or electronic communication service,
landlord, custodian or other person furnishing such facilities
or technical assistance shall be compensated therefor by the
applicant for reasonable expenses incurred in providing such
facilities or assistance.
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
