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                Date: 2000-11-17
                 
                 
                Neu Carnivore [des]Infos des FBI
                
                 
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Neu Carnivore [des]Infos des FBI 
 
Laut diesem Papier, das EPIC unter dem Freedom of  
Information Act [FOIA] herausgeklagt hat, sieht das Setup  
des FBI-Carnivore für arme Polizeibehörden, die im Kampf  
gegen Hitech-Kriminelle hoffnungslos ins Hintertreffen  
geraten sind, so aus:  
 
300MHz PII [NT4 SP6], 384MB of RAM und 1.19GB HD, mit  
Zip und Jaz drives. 
 
post/scrypt: Irgendwie stinkt die Story mittlerweile so, dass  
es kaum noch zu überriechen ist. 
 
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WASHINGTON, DC - Newly-released documents concerning  
the FBI's "Carnivore" Internet monitoring program suggest  
that the system might capture far more information than the  
Bureau has claimed publicly.  The documents were disclosed  
to the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) as part of  
a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the privacy  
rights organization. 
 
One of the documents, dated June 5, 2000, reports the  
results of tests performed on Carnivore version 1.3.4, which is  
currently in use.  The report indicates that Carnivore, contrary  
to FBI assertions, is capable of capturing and archiving  
"unfiltered" Internet traffic.  It states: 
 
Carnivore was tested on a real world deployment [deletion]  
having recently come back from a deployment.  The machine  
had a single 300MHz PII processor running Win NT4 SP6  
Workstation.  There were 384MB of RAM but the hard disk  
was relatively small at 1.19GB.  This [deletion] has both Zip  
and Jaz drives. 
 
This PC could reliably capture and archive all unfiltered traffic  
to the internal hard drive (HD) at [deleted]. 
 
The FBI's public defense of Carnivore has centered on the  
claim that the system only captures traffic that has been  
isolated by a software filter that "minimizes" collection and  
limits it to the particular information authorized for seizure in  
a court order. Thus, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary  
Committee on September 9, 2000, FBI Assistant Director  
Donald M. Kerr stated: 
 
If the subject's identifying information is detected [by the  
filter], the packets of the subject's communication associated  
with the identifying information that was detected, and those  
alone, are segregated for additional filtering or storage.   
However, it s critically important to understand that all . . .  
other communications are instantaneously vaporized after  
that one second.  They are totally destroyed; they are not  
collected, saved, or stored. 
 
The new disclosure comes on the eve of an important  
milestone in the debate over Carnivore.  An independent  
review team from the Illinois Institute of Technology Research  
Institute (IITRI) is due to file a draft "technical report" on the  
Carnivore system with the Justice Department tomorrow  
(November 17).  That report will not be made public until it  
has been reviewed, and possibly edited, for release by  
Department officials. 
 
According to David Sobel, General Counsel for EPIC, the  
newly-released information underscores the need for full  
public disclosure of Carnivore's capabilities.  "The little  
information that has become public raises serious questions  
about the privacy implications of this technology," he said.   
"The American public cannot be expected to accept an  
Internet snooping system that is veiled in secrecy." 
 
EPIC filed the FOIA lawsuit after the FBI revealed that it had  
developed an Internet monitoring system that would be  
installed at the facilities of an Internet Service Provider (ISP)  
and would monitor all traffic moving through that ISP. EPIC's  
lawsuit seeks the public release of all FBI records concerning  
Carnivore, including the source code, other technical details,  
and legal analyses addressing the potential privacy  
implications of the technology. 
 
EPIC is a public interest research organization in  
Washington, DC. More information about the case, including  
a scanned image of the document quoted above, is available  
at the EPIC Carnivore Litigation Page: 
 
http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/foia_documents.html
                   
 
 
 
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World-Information Forum 
24 11 2000 Technisches Museum Wien 
http://world-information.org/html/site_index/index.htm
                   
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 2000-11-17 
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