Does the FCC honestly expect that criminals are going to stop using encrypted point-to-point VOIP connections just so that they won't be breaking the law?
Yeah, right. I'm sure they'll all erase their encrypted IM clients so that the FCC will be happy. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Wolfgang S. Rupprecht > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] FCC Rules VoIP Must Be Tappable > > > > Me raises his hand. > > > All in favor of IAX with native encrypted tunneling say > Aye :-) Now > > > I'm likely in the target rings of Big Brother :-) > > If the voice data passed through a service provider run > asterisk system, I'd imagine they'd just get a court order to > force IAX encryption to be turned off. (Or try to pull some > strings if the service provider was in a foreign country.) > > The question I have of this ruling is does this make > end-to-End RTP encryption illegal? Ditto for re-invites that > cut out all the middlemen? How are they planning in getting > the two endpoints to stop encrypting things without tipping > off the same two endpoints? What about VPN tunnels? Are > they illegal now by the same logic? > > -wolfgang > -- > Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ > openbsd amd64 > http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ftp/asterisk-openbsd35.patch > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
