Re: IP: IETF considers building wiretapping into the Internet

[Allen Ethridge]

On 10/13/99 at 7:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Gutmann) wrote:

> Why not refrain in the *expectation* that it'll be done incompetently?  If
> previous efforts along these lines (Clipper, TACDFIPSFKMI) are anything to go
> by then:
> 
>   - The design and planning process alone will cost enough that it'll be a
>     severe problem.
>   - It'll take years to complete.
>   - It'll be unworkable when it's done.
>   - Throughout the entire process, it'll be a magnet for criticism from
>     privacy advocates, the IT industry, telco's, left-wingers, right_wingers, 
>   ...
> 
> If they want to play big brother, why not give them more than enough rope, 
> point at a conveniently-placed tree limb if necessary, and then stand back?

None of these things happened when CALEA was implemented in the traditional
circuit-switched voice network. CALEA advocates already have a success to point
to.

   Allen