On 9/9/13 7:43 AM, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > That notwithstanding, it's stupid to send traffic to/from one of the > large $your_region/country incumbents via $not_your_region/country. > It's just not good Internet.
yyz-yvr is faster via the united states. physics doesn't respect poltical boundries. You make enough money already. Be a > good netizen. It pays more in the long run and that's all you're > really after for your shareholders anyway, right? > > On 2013-09-08, at 11:54 AM, Derek Andrew <derek.and...@usask.ca> > wrote: > >> The topic of Canadian network sovereignty has been part of the >> Canadian conscience since the failure of CANNET back in the 1970s. >> >> Canadians citizens, on Canadian soil, already supply feeds directly >> to the NSA. Rerouting Internet traffic would make no difference. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 3:08 PM, Paul Ferguson >> <fergdawgs...@mykolab.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> A Canadian ISP colleague of mine suggested that the NANOG >>> constituency might be interested in this, given some recent >>> 'revelations', so I forward it here for you perusal. >>> >>> >>> >>> "Preliminary analysis of more than 25,000 traceroutes reveals a >>> phenomenon we call ‘boomerang routing’ whereby >>> Canadian-to-Canadian internet transmissions are routinely routed >>> through the United States. Canadian originated transmissions that >>> travel to a Canadian destination via a U.S. switching centre or >>> carrier are subject to U.S. law - including the USA Patriot Act >>> and FISAA. As a result, these transmissions expose Canadians to >>> potential U.S. surveillance activities – a violation of Canadian >>> network sovereignty." >>> >>> >>> http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/media_law_prof_blog/2013/09/routing-internet-transmission-across-the-canada-us-border-and-us-surveillance-activities.html >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> - ferg >>> >>> >>> -- Paul Ferguson Vice President, Threat Intelligence Internet >>> Identity, Tacoma, Washington USA IID --> "Connect and >>> Collaborate" --> www.internetidentity.com >>> >>> >> >> >> -- Copyright 2013 Derek Andrew (excluding quotations) >> >> +1 306 966 4808 Information and Communications Technology >> University of Saskatchewan Peterson 120; 54 Innovation Boulevard >> Saskatoon,Saskatchewan,Canada. S7N 2V3 Timezone GMT-6 >> >> Typed but not read. > > >