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On Tue, 28 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Interesting approach, but I want them to give me something, I
> > > wonder if there's a way to figure out if they proxy a secure
> > > transmission (that is a violation)
> >
> > Of what? Have they represented to you in some way that your
> > traffic will remain private?
>
> Listening to internet traffic is much like taping a phone call,
> which in turn is illegal.
I always get a kick out of people who believe in legislated privacy of
communications. If you want your communications to be private, encrypt
them!
(No offense, it's just that point of view amuses me greatly.)
> > > It still might go through their proxy, but the question remains,
> > > would their admins are stupid enough to log it?
> >
> > Logging it would only tell them who is calling whom. They cannot
> > see the contents, as the payload is encrypted at the endpoints.
>
> Encryption can be easily figured out if you have the necessary
> resources. Look at CIA DDT.
CIA DDT? What's that?
And unless your ISP has the resources of the CIA and some reason to
want to devote those resources to viewing your encrypted traffic, I
don't see how that's relevant.
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