[90371] in North American Network Operators' Group
FCC Issues Second Order Mandating Internet Wiretapping Standards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fergie)
Wed May 17 19:31:13 2006
From: "Fergie" <fergdawg@netzero.net>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 23:29:00 GMT
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Pardon the interruption, but I thought this might be slightly
interesting to the list.
EPIC.org:
[snip]
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a second order =
reaffirming its decision to require that broadband and certain VoIP serv=
ices be designed to make government wiretapping easier. This new order w=
as issued despite the fact that a federal appeals court is considering a=
legal challenge to the FCC's initial decision to extend the "Communicat=
ions Assistance for Law Enforcement Act" (CALEA) to the Internet.
In its second order, the FCC imposed new compliance deadlines, but refus=
ed to clarify exactly what service providers must do. CDT has led the ap=
peals court challenge, which if successful will overrule the FCC order.
[snip]
EPIC statement:
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/891
Second FCC CALEA order:
http://www.cdt.org/digi_tele/20060512calea.pdf
Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
Cheers,
- ferg
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Engineering Architecture for the Internet
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