On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:37:02 -0300 Fernando Cassia <fcassia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 4:30 PM, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > [perhaps off topic, but interesting security implications?] > > > > I wonder if backdoors are installed to comply with > > government & law enforcement requirements. In the US, > > Sen. Jay Rockefeller proposes to allow the POTUS to shutdown > > public & private Internet for any reason they want? > > > > Well back to Skype in the news: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/28/skype_trojan_source_code/ > > > > Fact or hype? > > > > FWIW, > > Dan > > > Welcome to the Real World.... all your calls are belong to THE MAN > (NSA)... > > "SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only totally integrated carrier class VoIP > switch that incorporates -- at no additional cost -- all of the > components that make up the distributed voice switching > infrastructure, eliminating the need for operators to purchase, > maintain, upgrade and regression test separate Call Management > Servers, Media Gateways, *Call Detail Records (Record Keeping) > Servers*, Announcement Servers, Signaling Gateways, Ethernet Switches > and *Legal Intercept (CALEA) servers*." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act > > FC If you are so inclined read "The Puzzle Palace" (http://www.amazon.com/Puzzle-Palace-National-Intelligence-Organization/dp/0140067485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251583025&sr=1-1) Consider the advances in computers since that time (1980) and extrapolate the surveillance capabilities that the book claims to today. Steve the advances -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines