Re: IP: IETF considers building wiretapping into the Internet

[Russell Nelson]

Steven M. Bellovin writes:
 > So -- how should the back door be installed?  In the protocol? In the telco 
 > endpoint?  Is it ethical for security people to work on something that lowers 
 > the security of the system?  Given that it's going to be done anyway, is it 
 > ethical to refrain, lest it be done incompetently?

If something evil is done poorly, is that more or less evil?  Answer
not obvious to me.  In any case, a properly implemented end-to-end
encrypted voice stream traveling over a data path with the CALEA bit
set just allows the FBI easy access to strong crypto.

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