@Home and Privacy law?

Mike Forrester mikef at POCKETLINT.COM
Wed Aug 30 12:24:06 EDT 2000


I was thinking more along the lines of what sort of monitoring can be done
to detect if one is using a VPN.  We don't do any monitoring except for
bandwidth usage, if we notice that a system has above average traffic.

I hate 'legal speak' and have now read it a few times and I'm still not sure
(I'm going to read a few more times).  I think the implications probably
vary with interpretation.

We couldn't cancel customers (if we cared about them using a VPN, which we
don't) just based on port number.  We would have to look at the individual
packets to determine if someone is using a VPN.  If we did that, we may find
out all kinds of info that we are not allowed to.  Isn't this similar to the
gripes about Carnivore?

Just food for thought,

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph S D Yao" <jsdy at COSPO.OSIS.GOV>
To: <VPN at SECURITYFOCUS.COM>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 12:49 PM
Subject: @Home and Privacy law?


> http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/47/551.html deals with cable user
> privacy.  I don't see what that has to do with "infringement of free
> speech" by denying a Cable Internet user the ability to use a VPN.
>
> I'm still not a lawyer ...
>
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