At 9:41 AM -0700 4/9/03, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
SWISS ISPS MUST LOG AND STORE CONSUMERS' EMAIL DATA As of April 1, Swiss ISPs will have to keep a log for six months of all the emails sent by their customers. Experts criticize the measure, saying it will be both difficult and costly to implement. http://www.statewatch.org/news/2003/apr/01switz.htm
If I understood it correctly, they want to keep "only" the traffic-analysis data, the SMTP server logs, not the messages themselves (though I'd bet they would love to, if it would be reasonably practical).
I am curious if this applies even on provately-operated servers; eg, if you aren't cheap and instead of an account you buy a colocation server, with your own mailserver, when the ISP provides only the connection itself, without additional services.
I see a market oppertunity for SMTP servers outside Switzerland which use SSL/TLS for communication, and perhaps listen on non-standard ports. Cheers - Bill ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Due process for all | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | used to be the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@pwpconsult.com | American way. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo@wasabisystems.com