>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Tewner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Michael> [snip] Michael> getting to the point: It's pretty obvious that the Michael> government here taps the 'net. It should be no surprise Michael> that the US listens in on traffic; they've been doing it Michael> for years - ECHELON (as mentioned below). I have a few Michael> ideas of my own that might even make it simpler for Michael> them. The moral of the story is to use encryption Michael> wherever necessary. Telnet, non-anon ftp, and rsh don't Michael> get used anymore. Hell, why not try sniffing for CVS Michael> passwords? Public WiFi access? Only through an encrypted Michael> tunnel. I'd go one step further and change that to: ``The moral of the story is to use encryption wherever unnecessary and necessary.'' Why make it simple to decide which data streams to sniff? Sure, use encryption to transfer your credit card numbers and your passwords; however don't forget to also use it to write ``Hello'' to your Mom, ``Me too'' mails to AOL and ``A/S/L?'' to IRC channels. At the very least you'll be helping the hardware manufacturers by forcing Echelon to install more compute farms :) Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/