I am a local ISP but I have not been called or asked to provide any "structure" to see whether I would indeed meet the requirements. So, as of yet, I have not been affected. That is not to say that in the very near future, we won't be affected. I will keep you posted....... Kimi Adams Unity Wave 602-375-5363 At 08:39 PM 10/18/01 -0700, J.Francois wrote: >Anyone know of any local IPs effected. >AOL and Earthlink do not count. >-=====- > >National Journal's Technology Daily > >PM Edition > >October 16, 2001 > >HEADLINE: PRIVACY: FBI To Require ISPs To Reconfigure E-mail Systems > >PHOENIX -- The FBI is in the process of finalizing technical guidelines >that would require all Internet service providers (ISPS) to reconfigure >their e-mail systems so they could be more easily accessible to law >enforcers. The move, to be completed over the next two months, would cause >ISPs to act as phone companies do to comply with a 1994 digital-wiretapping >law. "They are in the process of developing a very detailed set of >standards for how to make packet data" available to the FBI, said Stewart >Baker, an attorney at Steptoe & Johnson who was formerly the chief counsel >to the National Security Agency (NSA). > >The proposal is not a part of the anti-terrorism legislation currently >before Congress because the agency is expected to argue that the >Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) already grants it >the authority to impose the requirement, Baker said. He added that some >ISPs already meet the requirements. > >Baker, who frequently represents Internet companies being asked to conduct >electronic surveillance for the FBI, made the revelation Tuesday in a panel >discussion at the Agenda 2002 conference here on how the Sept. 11 terrorist >attacks are likely to affect the technology industry and civil liberties. >He elaborated on the plan in an interview. > >[...] > >Mitchell Kapor, chairman of the Open Source Application Foundation and a >founder of Lotus Development, also spoke on the panel. Kapor also started >the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and has been a vocal advocate of >Internet privacy. EFF played a significant role in the CALEA debate, and >divisions over whether to support that law led to a split of the >organization. [...] "I find myself more in the middle than I used to >because my identity in life is not as a civil liberties advocate," Kapor >said. "Part is being an American and a world citizen." [...] > >Kapor and Baker shared more common ground on the acceptability of new >electronic surveillance than they had in the past, with both expressing the >view that now is a time for calm reconsideration of positions rather than >butting horns over the details of how civil liberties would be curtailed by an >anti-terrorism bill. > >[...] > >-- >Jean Francois - JLF Sends... >My MagusNet Public Proxy In the News: >http://www.missinformation.com/Archives/ReadArchives.dbm?ID=352&GetCategori >es=None >http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/12/ebrief.htm >http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/14/privacy/index.html >http://www.wsws.org/articles/2001/sep2001/isp-s24.shtml >http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/260/business/New_wiretap_rules_may_alter_ >Internet_s_landscape+.shtml > > >==AZIPA================================================================= >Helping Build the Tech Oasis - http://www.techoasis.org >AZIPA (Arizona Internet Professionals Association) Discussion List >Subscribe: mailto:azipa-subscribe@yahoogroups.com >Unsubscribe: mailto:azipa-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com >Please see http://www.azipa.org/mail.html for list info and guidelines >Report list related problems/concerns at mailto:listcomment@azipa.org >=================================================================AZIPA== > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >________________________________________________ >See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't >post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss