On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 3:29 PM, Joe Greco <jgr...@ns.sol.net> wrote: >> * Joe Greco: [snip >> > Either we take the potential for transparent MitM attacks seriously, or >> > we do not. I'm sure the NSA would prefer "not." :-) >> >> I doubt the NSA is interested in MITM attacks which can be spotted by >> comparing key material. 8-) > > Doubting that the NSA might be interested in any given technique is, of > course, good for the NSA. Our national security people have been known > to use imperfect interception technologies when it suits the task at hand. > Do people here really so quickly forget things? There was a talk on > Carnivore given in 2000 at NANOG 20, IIRC, and I believe that one of the > instigating causes of that talk was problems that Earthlink had experienced > when the FBI had deployed Carnivore there. >
Naturally. The NSA isn't filled with theorists who want to get the job done the "right" way. They have a mission to fulfill, and they'll use whatever tool works to get it done.
