[72137] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: E-Mail Snooping Ruled Permissible
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Wed Jun 30 15:10:33 2004
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: "John Neiberger" <John.Neiberger@efirstbank.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 30 Jun 2004 12:28:25 MDT."
<s0e2b1f2.059@fstest05.fb>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:09:49 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In message <s0e2b1f2.059@fstest05.fb>, "John Neiberger" writes:
>
>http://wired.com/news/print/0,1294,64043,00.html
>
>Yet another reason why we should develop a system where all Internet
>communications can be easily encrypted, whether it's email, VoIP, or
>whatever. It's not like it's horribly difficult now in some cases, but
>it does have its difficulties when it comes to implementation on a large
>scale.
>
Yes -- especially if people rely on wiretap-enabled certificates from their
ISPs....
--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
