[c-nsp] IOS and CALEA intercepts?

[Jared Mauch]

On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 06:09:32PM -0500, david raistrick wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, Joe Provo wrote:
> 
> > Different parties' legal teams have interpreted it differently,
> > but the crux is the definition of 'facilities-based broadband
> > internet provider'.  Sit down with your legal counsel and a
> > bottomless cup of coffee.
> 
> Yup.  And the advice I've gotten boils down to:  Anyone providing circuits 
> of 200kb/s or better to customers.  Even if it's just ethernet across your 
> colo facility.   Managed servers and hosting are except since they're not 
> providing circuits but services.
> 
> The definition of 'facilities' has been defined for the purposes of CALEA 
> to be much broader than it used to be:
> 
> http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-20606.htm
> 
> "19. Applicability of CALEA to Broadband Internet Access Services.
> In this section, we find that facilities-based providers of any type of
> broadband Internet access service, including but not limited to
> wireline, cable modem, satellite, wireless, fixed wireless, and
> broadband access via powerline are subject to CALEA."
> 
> 
> 
> As far as the technical details of how to provide intercept data or what 
> format that data should be in, etc?  THAT appears to still be open to 
> interpretation......they seem to want "us" to create a standard for how 
> we'll give them the data.

	No, the standard has been created.  You want to google
"T1.IAS" and "LES".

	Reading FCC-06-56 may be of value as well.  Either way, if you're
starting now, you're behind.  you can start at www.askcalea.net, but
CALEA isn't just DOJ.

	- jared

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