[IP] more on Wired: Why We Printed It ...

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: vijay gill <vgill@vijaygill.com>
Date: May 24, 2006 4:55:23 PM EDT
To: dave@farber.net
Cc: ip@v2.listbox.com
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Wired: Why We Printed It ...


Interesting note, please see inline.

David Farber wrote:
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> From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net>
> Date: May 24, 2006 2:23:51 PM EDT
> To: dave@farber.net, ip@v2.listbox.com
> Subject: Re: [IP] Wired: Why We Printed It ...
> Dave:
> What's interesting about these documents is that they reveal that
> carriers which claimed their customers were immune to snooping --
> for example, Qwest -- were indeed having their traffic tapped
> as it passed through hubs where AT&T installed spy equipment.

This is a part and parcel of the internet model. You connect networks  
together and while one network may not be snooping you, there simply  
is no guarantee that the other network is not. In this case, were I a  
Qwest customer talking to an ATT customer, and were ATT snooping  
their network links, then anything I sent (as a Qwest customer) to  
the ATT customer would be subject to snooping. However, if Qwest was  
not snooping, and I were exchanging data with another Qwest customer,  
then I'd be safe. This is about the maximum extent of the Qwest  
statement. Unless of course, ATT was tapping the fiber lines or  
copper of Qwest equipment co-located in ATT CO/PoPs. I don't think  
that was the case.


> The best thing to do, of cousre, is to encrypt. We, unlike
> Qwest and most other carriers, offer encryption solutions to all
> of our users.

Define what encryption? Do you offer end to end encryption solutions  
to your customers? What if your customer is emailing me? Do you  
encrypt all traffic going to your peers?

/vijay

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