A posting to Dave Farber's "Interesting People" list. I can't say that I entirely blame the Russian secret police -- after all, they're only copying the FBI's demands. Perry ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >From: "Rob Raisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Dave Farber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > SORM-2, the Russian security service's plans to monitor the > Internet, finally broke this week, with one Volgograd ISP > manager, Nailj Murzahanov, deciding he'd had enough, and > suing the spooks in court. SORM-2 is a Tap-You-Yourself > policy by the cash-strapped KGB successors, the FSB: it > requires ISPs to connect their local FSB office for free to > their pipe, with agents able to sniff any and all packets > (incoming and outgoing) from the comforts of their offices. > Oh, and the ISPs have to provide free support and training. > >Full Story: http://www.sptimes.ru/archive/times/466/internet.htm >Culled from "Need To Know", http://www.ntk.net/ > >-- >Rob Raisch CTO - RivalWorks, Inc. <http://www.raisch.com> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
