[86413] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: New Rules On Internet Wiretapping Challenged
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wayne Gustavus (nanog))
Thu Nov 3 13:19:42 2005
From: "Wayne Gustavus (nanog)" <nanog@wgustavus.com>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 13:19:07 -0500
In-Reply-To: <435FF000.6020303@socal.rr.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
> The 1994 law "will have a devastating impact on the whole model of
> technical innovation on the Internet," said John Morris, staff counsel
> for the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, which filed
> an appeal of the rules with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
> of Columbia Circuit yesterday.
>
> "The Internet evolves through many tens of thousands, or hundreds of
> thousands, of innovators coming up with brand new ideas," he
> said. "That
> is exactly what will be squelched."
Implementation of the mechanisms for compliance is relatively
straightforward.
Depending on how scalable and/or automated the mechanisms are, the
complexity
certainly increases. However, I hardly agree that including these
requirements
in the design of the network hardware or architecture equates to the
'squelching'
of innovation or a 'devastating impact' on the Internet. Especially
when
compared to the alternative of providing an unfettered command & control
communications network for the miscreants.
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Wayne Gustavus, CCIE #7426
IP Operations Support
Verizon Internet Services
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