FC: Weekly column: Cisco's wiretapping plans, int'v with Fred Baker

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

http://news.com.com/2010-1071-997528.html

    Inside Cisco's eavesdropping apparatus
    By Declan McCullagh
    April 21, 2003, 4:00 AM PT

    Cisco Systems has created a more efficient and targeted way for police
    and intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on people whose Internet
    service provider uses their company's routers.

    The company recently published a proposal that describes how it plans
    to embed "lawful interception" capability into its products. Among the
    highlights: Eavesdropping "must be undetectable," and multiple police
    agencies conducting simultaneous wiretaps must not learn of one
    another. If an Internet provider uses encryption to preserve its
    customers' privacy and has access to the encryption keys, it must turn
    over the intercepted communications to police in a descrambled form.

    Cisco's decision to begin offering "lawful interception" capability as
    an option to its customers could turn out to be either good or bad
    news for privacy.

    [...]




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