RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
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RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
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Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#2"This page was last edited on 28 May 2012, at 07:46."
Maybe better to add this date to the title.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#3Not sure why this is on the front page, but to clarify it's required by the FCC [0] for carriers. Microtik, just like every other network vendor, has this in their product (port mirroring for law enforcement) so that they can check the box. CALEA has been around since the 90s [1].
[0] https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/poli... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#4Every router is technically capable of doing this.
It's just firewall rules and pcap.
Not sure this is front-page worthy.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#5Not sure why this is on the front page, but to clarify it's required by the FCC [0] for carriers. Microtik, just like every other network vendor, has this in their product (port mirroring for law enforcement) so that they can check the box. CALEA has been around since the 90s [1]. [0] https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/poli... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...
It was passed in the 90s, but it wasn't required for ISPs until 2007. I was working at a small ISP at the time. I remember they picked a vendor and installed the box with a week or two to spare.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#6Every router is technically capable of doing this. It's just firewall rules and pcap. Not sure this is front-page worthy.
Seems like a feature for mandatory "intercept and log network traffic" is interesting enough for hackers for the story to land on the frontpage.
I didn't know about CALEA since before but I've dealt with lots of network infrastructure (never in the US though), so I found this interesting, and upvoted it.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#7Every router is technically capable of doing this. It's just firewall rules and pcap. Not sure this is front-page worthy.
> Not sure this is front-page worthy
why not ? i believe it is especially as i imagine most people are not aware that such things exist in freedom lands
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#8Every router is technically capable of doing this. It's just firewall rules and pcap. Not sure this is front-page worthy.
> Not sure this is front-page worthy why not ? i believe it is especially as i imagine most people are not aware that such things exist in freedom lands
To be fair, this makes perfect sense. It allows compliance with wiretap warrants. Which are perfectly reasonable.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#9Not sure why this is on the front page, but to clarify it's required by the FCC [0] for carriers. Microtik, just like every other network vendor, has this in their product (port mirroring for law enforcement) so that they can check the box. CALEA has been around since the 90s [1]. [0] https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-security/poli... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_...
Specifically, _1994_, another banner year for undermining civil liberties and privacy, what with the passage of the new sentencing provisions of the federal crime bill and continuing effort to prevent wider use of encryption by individuals through action against PGP: all by a "liberal" US administration that would also accelerate consolidation of mass media in the hands of a few big corporations.
Re: RouterOS – Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (2012)
#10Every router is technically capable of doing this. It's just firewall rules and pcap. Not sure this is front-page worthy.
I find that nephile mentality quite ignorant of the fact that the negative and bad things aren’t just ephemeral, regardless of whether you would like to move on to next-thing. But I guess to people with your mindset the slippery slope is no slope at all, but rather a flat plane as you are sliding down it.
“Why are you so concerned with the old Constitution” you proclaim, “we have the patriot act instead. It even has the word patriot in its title and the iPatriot act is on the way to replace the old patriot act. I support next-thing.”