Comments on: CALEA FCC NPRM Myths http://mrblog.org/2004/08/14/calea-fcc-nprm-myths/ Mr Blog. Very technical, or silly, sometimes absurd. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 23:49:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: MrBlog http://mrblog.org/2004/08/14/calea-fcc-nprm-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-317 MrBlog Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:31:36 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=165#comment-317 I totally agree with you. The NPRM needs to be corrected on these points.<br /> <br /> My point was that a lot of people are reporting that the NPRM already defines "managed" vs. "unmanaged" and exempts on that basis, when it does not. The NPRM discusses "managed" vs. "unmanaged" etc. but not only doesn't it define what that means very clearly, in the current NPRM as written, the definition and whether a system or service is classified one way or the other doesn't really matter anyway because that system can still be included in CALEA requirements if it has "enough" users.<br /> <br /> My post is about how the NPRM is written today, and how it has been frequently mischaracterized, not about what it *should* say. If something doesn't change about the effect of being "unmanaged" or not, then the definition of "managed" vs. "unmanaged" is moot. I totally agree with you. The NPRM needs to be corrected on these points.

My point was that a lot of people are reporting that the NPRM already defines "managed" vs. "unmanaged" and exempts on that basis, when it does not. The NPRM discusses "managed" vs. "unmanaged" etc. but not only doesn’t it define what that means very clearly, in the current NPRM as written, the definition and whether a system or service is classified one way or the other doesn’t really matter anyway because that system can still be included in CALEA requirements if it has "enough" users.

My post is about how the NPRM is written today, and how it has been frequently mischaracterized, not about what it *should* say. If something doesn’t change about the effect of being "unmanaged" or not, then the definition of "managed" vs. "unmanaged" is moot.

]]> By: Aswath http://mrblog.org/2004/08/14/calea-fcc-nprm-myths/comment-page-1/#comment-316 Aswath Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:27:21 +0000 http://mrblog.televolution.net/?p=165#comment-316 The discussion on "managed" or "mediated" service is important. If it is not properly defined then the ruling could be challenged on this point. As it is currently written, the proposed ruling exempts FWD and Skype without sound logic.<br /> <br /> If, on the other hand, service like FWD and Skype are included, then LEA will have difficulty in identifying the user ids that need to be intercepted because they freely give out user ids without proper verification. For more detailed comment please see www.mocaedu.com/mt/archives/000057.html The discussion on "managed" or "mediated" service is important. If it is not properly defined then the ruling could be challenged on this point. As it is currently written, the proposed ruling exempts FWD and Skype without sound logic.

If, on the other hand, service like FWD and Skype are included, then LEA will have difficulty in identifying the user ids that need to be intercepted because they freely give out user ids without proper verification. For more detailed comment please see http://www.mocaedu.com/mt/archives/000057.html

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