16 October 1999.
We would appreciate hearing from anyone who has more information on the Enfopol report below, or pointers to other stories. jy@cryptome.org
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 15:32:18 +0100 To: raven@ietf.org From: Nicholas Bohm <nbohm@ernest.net> Subject: [Raven] International consistency of requirements I am copying to this list a post to cyber-rights-uk. It suggests that there are continuing doubts about what the interception requirements will be in the EU. This must make it hard for the IETF to know what requirements its work is aimed at meeting; and must also increase the chances that any standards set by the IETF will provide an easy pathway for law enforcement bodies' attempts to define their requirements: "I want whatever she's having." Regards, Nicholas Bohm Salkyns, Great Canfield, Takeley, Bishop's Stortford CM22 6SX, UK Phone 01279 871272 (+44 1279 871272) Fax 01279 870215 (+44 1279 870215) Mobile 0860 636749 (+44 860 636749) PGP RSA 1024 bit public key ID: 0x08340015. Fingerprint: 9E 15 FB 2A 54 96 24 37 98 A2 E0 D1 34 13 48 07 PGP DSS/DH 1024/3072 public key ID: 0x899DD7FF. Fingerprint: 5248 1320 B42E 84FC 1E8B A9E6 0912 AE66 899D D7FF Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:23:23 +0100 To: cyber-rights-UK@cyber-rights.org From: Paul Guinnessy <starbird@ftech.co.uk> Subject: EU Scraps Global Net tapping plans... for now *** EU Scraps Global Net tapping plans... for now The Register <http://www.theregister.co.uk> reports: Europe's plans to introduce a global wiretapping system including the monitoring of e-mails and the Internet are to be scrapped. "The decision by the European Council of Member States to abandon the current text of the proposal is expected to be announced within the next two days before being formally set before the European Parliament on Thursday," The Register reports. "According to senior sources close to the Finnish presidency of the EU, the European Council wants to redraft completely the text for the European recommendation on the Interception of Internet traffic, known as Enfopol," The Register reports. "Britain and the Netherlands, alongside industry bodies such as the European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA), have been lobbying for some time to get the draft dropped. Although the current draft looks set to be ditched, opponents to any form of government-sanctioned earwigging are still likely to be introduced at some point in the future," The Register reports. "As it stands the current proposal would have allowed law enforcement authorities extensive access to communications performed via the Internet and other "new technologies," The Register reports. Read the full article, including comments, at: The Register, <http://www.theregister.co.uk/991012-000015.html> _______________________________________________ raven mailing list raven@ietf.org http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/raven