Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-29 Thread John Scrivner
On another subject Two months ago, we were ready to join WISPA. At the time, I felt that WISPA had proven its longevity and was becoming a mature voice for the WISP's. But, after the form 477 issue, FCC sticker issue, and now the CALEA issue, I'm pretty sure that I disagree with the ma

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods- For Clint

2007-03-28 Thread Adam Greene
- Original Message - From: "Clint Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods- For Clint Ralph, My apologies for the confusion. I think we are more or less on the

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Clint Ricker
eloped (for *nix or Windows) ... ... and here's an interesting document I found linked to from the Mikrotik threads: http://contributions.atis.org/UPLOAD/PTSC/LAES/PTSC-LAES-2006-084R8.doc ... Adam - Original Message - From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'

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2007-03-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
ot; Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:36 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:09:23 -0700, Marlon K. Schafer wrote Mark, your info is 3 years old We have to be ready to "tap our lines". Even IMs. marlon I think you missed my point, Marlon..

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods- For Clint

2007-03-27 Thread Clint Ricker
magestream have to hope that our hardware provider will come up with a way, too. Aren't we really on the same page, here? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clint Ricker Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subje

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
We're close guys. Just waiting to get a doc fine tuned and double checked. marlon - Original Message - From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
Mark, Right in time. WISPA will be having elections in the very near future. Now is the time to join WISPA and be eligible to cast your vote or run for a board seat. Membership is a very low 250.00 per year. And you get to vote! Try the new automated sign up: http://signup.wispa.org/wispa-n

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Blair Davis
Inline wispa wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:20:15 -0400, Blair Davis wrote I've been watching this discussion for a bit. Up front, I have to say I agree with Mark. Say the FBI and DOJ wanted a way to track any automobile in the country in real time, (so the bad guys can't hide t

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
Sounds vagely familiar, Like I said, from my opinion, wispa would not be an industry association Remember once had a guy selling jock straps with the wispa logo thinking that was a good idea too. Blair Davis wrote: George As to form 477 and CALEA, no, no one has spoken of making membershi

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Blair Davis
George As to form 477 and CALEA, no, no one has spoken of making membership contingent on their position on these issues. But, I do recall a discussion, on this list, 'Dealing with bad players', starting on Feb 8, that basically proposed requiring the use of stickered equipment to be a memb

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 19:20:15 -0400, Blair Davis wrote > I've been watching this discussion for a bit. > > Up front, I have to say I agree with Mark. > > Say the FBI and DOJ wanted a way to track any automobile in the > country in real time, (so the bad guys can't hide their movements). > They

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
Blair Davis wrote: Because at WISPA, we don't have to all think the same and have the same opinions all in step. We're not clones. We're individuals who each have our own beliefs and run our operation individually, sometimes uniquely And fortunately WISPA is an organization made up of individ

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Blair, Two months ago, we were ready to join WISPA. At the time, I felt that WISPA had proven its longevity and was becoming a mature voice for the WISP's. But, after the form 477 issue, FCC sticker issue, and now the CALEA issue, I'm pretty sure that I disagree with the majority of the mem

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Adam Greene
- Original Message - From: "Ralph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 6:22 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods- For Clint Hello Clint. You are confusing me. When I mention MT, I said routers,

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Blair Davis
I've been watching this discussion for a bit. Up front, I have to say I agree with Mark. Say the FBI and DOJ wanted a way to track any automobile in the country in real time, (so the bad guys can't hide their movements). They go to the DOT and the the DOT decides that the way to do this is to

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods - 3rd party

2007-03-27 Thread Peter R.
There are 3rd party vendors, like IP Fabrics with CALEA compliance gear. For data it shouldn't be that big of a deal since the Edge Router (connecting your WAN with your upstream) should be able to be tapped, if you use what I will call a brand name (Cisco, Juniper, Redback, blah, blah and soon

RE: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods- For Clint

2007-03-27 Thread Ralph
] On Behalf Of Clint Ricker Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:31 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods Just as a general rule, CALEA monitoring is not something that you need to--or want to--do at each individual CPE or router. Likewise, although assistance fro

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
Clint Ricker wrote: Just as a general rule, CALEA monitoring is not something that you need to--or want to--do at each individual CPE or router. Wouldn't it be cool, and cheap, if it was just that easy? Here's your encrypted access to xxx customers radio / port, it's yours to monitor...?

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Doug Ratcliffe
Original Message - From: "Clint Ricker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods > Just as a general rule, CALEA monitoring is not something that you > need to--or wan

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Peter R.
Mark, Enough with the analogies. CALEA is law - not once but twice - 1934 and 1996. Courts have upheld the FCC decision on what CALEA covers. The same laws that give the DOJ the right to wiretap, gives the FCC the right to create guidelines. I don't like it, any more than I like AT&T letting

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Clint Ricker
ds http://forum.mikrotik.com/search.php?mode=results&sid=723d81c229563812d900d2 0b3a31a900 Ralph -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Greene Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:08 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance

RE: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:29:18 -0400, Jeff Broadwick wrote > Mark, > > Right or wrong, Congress regularly delegates rule-making to the various > agencies. They pass laws that are purposely vague and/or broad and they > empower the various agencies (and the courts, ultimately) to fill in > the blan

RE: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Jeff Broadwick
at we should follow the original intent of the Constitution...but that cat left the bag decades ago. Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wispa Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:20 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compl

RE: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Ralph
ot;WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods > On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:21:53 -0400, Peter R. wrote >> Mark, >> >> CALEA IS LAW. There are interpretations of that law, but they have >> been upheld by courts. &g

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:17:09 -0400, Dawn DiPietro wrote > Mark, > > Wireless providers DO have to comply with CALEA whether you like it > or not. > > As quoted from the link I sent you earlier; > > "Nor does our interpretation of section 332 of the Communications > Act and its implementing reg

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
ver they want out of my own pocket. > > I'm still interested if anyone has any point of view about any of > the compliance methods that I discussed in my original post, from a > technical standpoint. > > Thanks, > Adam > > - Original Message - >

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
The best stratergy to take towards CALEA is to get familiar and get ready to comply. If for some reason it turns out some don't have to comply, then no loss. If it turns out that we all have to comply, then we're ahead of the game. Think positive! Dawn DiPietro wrote: Mark, Wireless provi

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Mark, Wireless providers DO have to comply with CALEA whether you like it or not. As quoted from the link I sent you earlier; "Nor does our interpretation of section 332 of the Communications Act and its implementing regulations here alter either our decision in the CALEA proceeding to apply

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread George Rogato
tandpoint. Thanks, Adam - Original Message - From: "wispa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:16 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:21:53 -0400, Peter R.

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Adam Greene
one has any point of view about any of the compliance methods that I discussed in my original post, from a technical standpoint. Thanks, Adam - Original Message - From: "wispa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "WISPA General List" Sent: T

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Alan Cain
I, for one, welcome our new overlords. Our Canadian brothers and sisters are going to be dealing with their version of CALEA soon. This is a first reading of a bill in the Canadian legislative body. At least they address the issue of cost to ISPs; unfortunately, they also don't believe in un

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:21:53 -0400, Peter R. wrote > Mark, > > CALEA IS LAW. There are interpretations of that law, but they have > been upheld by courts. YOu're arguing against things I'm not saying. > > CALEA is not the opinion of the DOJ or FCC. It is not far-reaching > (like say the Patr

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread wispa
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 07:31:56 -0400, Dawn DiPietro wrote > Mark, > > wispa wrote: > > I have been attempting for how long now, to get across to you people that > > this whole CALEA flap for ISP's is NOT LAW, but opinion from the FCC, where > > it's attempting to write law instead of Congress.

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Peter R.
Mark, CALEA IS LAW. There are interpretations of that law, but they have been upheld by courts. CALEA is not the opinion of the DOJ or FCC. It is not far-reaching (like say the Patriot Act) or secret and possibly illegal like the NSA-AT&T wiretapping / surveillance. It is part of the 2 big

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-27 Thread Dawn DiPietro
Mark, wispa wrote: I have been attempting for how long now, to get across to you people that this whole CALEA flap for ISP's is NOT LAW, but opinion from the FCC, where it's attempting to write law instead of Congress. It's a mess, because it's NOT LAW, only Congress can write law and it has

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-26 Thread wispa
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 22:09:23 -0700, Marlon K. Schafer wrote > Mark, your info is 3 years old > > We have to be ready to "tap our lines". Even IMs. > marlon > I think you missed my point, Marlon... That being that not even the government is a reliable source of information about what the go

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-26 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
Mark, your info is 3 years old We have to be ready to "tap our lines". Even IMs. marlon - Original Message - From: "wispa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Monday, March 26, 2007 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-26 Thread J. Vogel
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:49:43 -0400, Adam Greene wrote > > > A: No. The petition proposes CALEA coverage of only broadband Internet access > service and broadband telephony service. Other Internet-based services, > including those classified as "information services" such as email and visit

Re: [WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-26 Thread wispa
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:49:43 -0400, Adam Greene wrote > Hi, > > As a new member of WISPA I am reading with interest all of the > postings about CALEA from the past few weeks. > > Thankfully, we have designed our network in such a way that all > customer IP traffic passes through at least one Ci

[WISPA] CALEA compliance methods

2007-03-26 Thread Adam Greene
Hi, As a new member of WISPA I am reading with interest all of the postings about CALEA from the past few weeks. Thankfully, we have designed our network in such a way that all customer IP traffic passes through at least one Cisco switch before it can be bridged to any other customer or rout