In our area the police use EVDO broadband cards over the open internet. Access to their network is over a IPSEC VPN. Not sure if that is technically in compliance or not but they have been running like that for over a year.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Rogelio<scubac...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm planning out a wireless network, and the police want a piece of the > action. > > I'm also guessing that FIPS compliancy addresses NCIC concerns, and I > was wondering if anyone could comment on that being sufficient. > > I'm also wondering if a dual form of authentication adequately addresses > the security issues. From what I can tell, if the police do any of the > following things (listed in the URL below), then they have to follow NCIC > > http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cjisd/ncic.htm > > A contact of mine who works for the police tells me the following > interesting things about NCIC, which I'd love feedback on... > > --if you use PtP links (e.g. T1 lines) between sites, requirements are > very lax > --if you don't use PtP links, then you'll likely need two form > authentication (not necessarily two on separate bands) > --everyone assumes that a police network *will* be in compliance > --people often build police networks with compliance, as someone will > inevitably put secure stuff on top of it later > --the penalty for not being compliant is getting shut down until > everything is reviewed > --only police departments can ask the DOJ for clarification on what is > and isn't compliant (vendors can't ask directly) > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
