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Well, this is now called lawful inspection. The deeper meaning of this is that all I-Net traffic can / is inspected through special interfaces at the ISPs (tha
by fpp 15y ago
Well, this is now called lawful inspection.
The deeper meaning of this is that all I-Net traffic can / is inspected through special interfaces at the ISPs (that could of course also be on the edge of the networks) and all (larger) ISPs have to make those available 24/7 without knowing who's accessing them. Generally speaking I guess it might be better to say that all traffic taking certain routes (I certainly don't want to explain this) or using / showing certain patterns will automatically be inspected.
From a logical point of view you will have to look into everything if you do not know what you're searching for and identify the unusual or some "patterns" you already know...
The general approaches used here are similar to IDS solutions and generally HW based / speed enhanced solutions are used for that (magnitudes faster than software only).
Keywords on that - if you want to find out more - are Deep Packet Inspection, lawful inspection and interception, network neutrality, PCRF etc.
There is a whole industry providing these services / solutions (to the TelComs and government agencies) and their biggest players are all based in the U.S.
- wmf 15y agoYeah, we know about CALEA and ECHELON, but there's no evidence that they were used in this case so I don't know why you're bringing it up. It sounds like conspiracy-mongering.
- fpp 15y agoHold your horses - you're trying to kill the messenger! This is what the congressional hearings with AT&T reg. Bush Mark 2 interceptions were all about - now its all legal so no press on that anymore. And I guess you know that what can be done will be done. No conspiracy, standard practice - 15 years ago everybody involved into such practices would have been called a terrorist, enemy no 1 to our democratic systems now seemingly its the other way around.
- jrockway 15y agoNobody is shooting the messenger. You're saying "oh noes, the government is evil! look!" where in this case, there is no evidence of that. Without inspecting every packet on the Internet, they still got this guy with something equivalent to a regular wiretap.