IP: FBI To Require ISPs To Reconfigure E-mail Systems (fwd)

[John Young]

I believe this report refers to FBI guidelines whose implementaion
is being worked out by direct consultation with telecommunication 
carriers:

  http://cryptome.org/fbi-flexguide2.htm

The original date of compliance with these guidelines was September 
24, 2001, but after widespread complaint to the FCC from the telecomm 
industry about infeasibility of compliance by the deadline, the FCC 
granted an extension in time to be set for each service provider in 
consultation with the FBI. That FCC order is with the file above.

What other distinctive arrangments are being made with telecomm
providers may be difficult to determine since each can cut a deal
to fit its unique position without having to submit to a general
standard. It is not yet clear if these private arrangements will
be made fully public or if the FCC will allow concealment under
rubric of privileged business information -- or, to fit the times
of peril, for national security reasons.

It will be interesting which ISPs join the big time ranks of
legacy telecomm providers by offering services to fit the urgency
for all uniting in patriotic fervor to kill the ISP dissidents unwilling
to betray their customers. Lots of stellar Internet leaders changing
sides as reported in  National Journal's Technology Daily and
other media, not to say media itself.




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