FYI, As many of you are aware, the CALEA law that was passed several years ago included provisions for electronic surveillance of packet mode (e.g., IP) data by law enforcement agencies (LEA). The part of CALEA pertaining to packet mode data surveillance has been the subject of much debate in the FCC and the industry as to privacy issues, scope of applicability, etc. The only "safe harbor" standard that currently exists for CALEA is J-STD-025 published as a joint standard by TIA and Committee T1. The second revision of this standard is currently up for ballot by TIA and T1. Since CALEA and this standard may (will?) affect the operations of service provider networks, I wanted to provide a pointer to the letter ballot draft for your information. If your company is a member of TIA or T1, then you can provide letter ballot comments via the normal process. If your company is not a member of TIA or T1, please submit your comments to the TIA secretariat. This issue is being worked with ANSI in terms of a public review process. However, since the ballot deadline is March 6 comments need to be submitted soon. Theoretically (depending on FCC decisions, outcomes of court cases, etc.), this standard would define how you would provide the information required by a warrant to a LEA (e.g., FBI). The deadline for when this must be deployed is in September, 2001. T1 LB 838, Draft Proposed ANSI Trial-Use/Interim Standard - Lawfully Authorized Electronic Surveillance - J-STD-025 Revision A (Joint TIA/T1 draft proposal) To obtain a copy of lb838.pdf go to: WWW: http://www.t1.org/index/10001.htm FTP: ftp://ftp.t1.org/pub/ballots/current/lb838.pdf TIA maintains a web page for information on CALEA at: http://www.tiaonline.org/government/CALEA/ Chip -------------end email------------ Support NetAid! http://www.netaid.org -------------------------------------------------- Chip Sharp Consulting Engineering Cisco Systems Telco Bio-region Reality - Love it or Leave it. --------------------------------------------------