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Subject:    Re: @Home and Privacy law?
From:       Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () COSPO ! OSIS ! GOV>
Date:       2000-08-30 18:11:06
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 10:24:06AM -0600, Mike Forrester wrote:
> 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

OK, now I see where you're coming from.  Yes, this is a different
possible approach.  Sorry, when I read the earlier one it looked like
you were supporting the "free speech" approach.

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