Mastering the Internet

[Florian Weimer]

* Pete Mitchell:

> Roland Perry wrote  on 3-05-09 15:13:
>> An order is only required if the CSP resists a polite request to install
>> a permanent intercept capability.

>> It's not illegal to install one, just [currently] to operate it without
>> warrants to extract content from communications.
>
> Hang on ... that one's from Orwell, am I right?

No, most routers deployed on the Internet already have that
capability.  IPFIX/Netflow export functionality is very common, and
there are also monitor ports and (E)RSPAN, which provide payload
access.  I think that for diagnostic purposes, capacity planning etc.,
it's also legal to use them.