I didn’t see the NSA telling us what we had to buy are demanding advance approval rights on our maintenance procedures.
Owen On May 13, 2014, at 9:34 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore <patr...@ianai.net> wrote: > Don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of this. But at least they did it in the > open, unlike the NSA (where you live). > > -- > TTFN, > patrick > > On May 13, 2014, at 12:12 , Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote: > >> Yep… If I had infrastructure in NZ, that would be enough to cause me to >> remove it. >> >> Owen >> >> On May 13, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Paul Ferguson <fergdawgs...@mykolab.com> wrote: >> >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>> Hash: SHA256 >>> >>> I realize that New Zealand is *not* in North America (hence NANOG), >>> but I figure that some global providers might be interested here. >>> >>> This sounds rather... dire (probably not the right word). >>> >>> "The new Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Act >>> of 2013 is in effect in New Zealand and brings in several drastic >>> changes for ISPs, telcos and service providers. One of the country's >>> spy agencies, the GCSB, gets to decide on network equipment >>> procurement and design decisions (PDF), plus operators have to >>> register with the police and obtain security clearance for some staff. >>> Somewhat illogically, the NZ government pushed through the law >>> combining mandated communications interception capabilities for law >>> enforcement, with undefined network security requirements as decided >>> by the GCSB. All network operators are subject to the new law, >>> including local providers as well as the likes of Facebook, Google, >>> Microsoft, who have opposed it, saying the new statutes clash with >>> overseas privacy legislation." >>> >>> http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/05/13/005259/new-zealand-spy-agency-to-vet-network-builds-provider-staff >>> >>> FYI, >>> >>> - - ferg >>> >>> >>> >>> - -- >>> Paul Ferguson >>> VP Threat Intelligence, IID >>> PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 >>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>> Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) >>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ >>> >>> iF4EAREIAAYFAlNyHw4ACgkQKJasdVTchbLwDgD/WVHo2iTapJ90l8MRcwUZ5OQ7 >>> QfJ5cI1v4t2bUXZp1hQBAKHCP0hyxg6naGOzRLt/vHjgxXnl3+yiWoj0ENxQyIr9 >>> =0yLu >>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----