27 May
2003
27 May
'03
7:08 a.m.
> In many countries which will not admit visitors with an Israeli > stamp in their passport (Egypt, Syria, etc), the most popular method > of internet cafe uplink is VSAT. One of the largest mideast VSAT > carriers is Gilat - http://www.gilat.com , an Israeli company. Do > the Syrians know their bits are flowing through routers in Tel > Aviv? I would hope they don't care, or have good crypto, but the > potential for snooping of traffic does exist. Uh, to the best of my knowledge, that's the sole purpose of Gilat. Subsidized transport in exchange for packet-inspection. But don't laugh, as an American, it's your tax dollars at work. -Bill