Forwarded from com-priv. Anyone out there have information they can use to confirm or deny any of this? .pm ------- Forwarded Message From: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au> Subject: Re: NSA and the Internet. To: com-priv@lists.psi.com Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 17:36:11 +1000 (EST) Now that I've got it next to me...
I was reading a journal recently which mentioned the NSA were taking an active role in monitoring the network at key points, such as FIX East and West and MAE East and West. Can anyone comment on this (if they're allows :) ? [...]
To name some more names mentioned as being NAPs under surveillance: Pennsauken, NJ (Sprint); Chicago (AmeriTech/Bell Comms. Research); San Francisco, CA (Pacific Bell); CIX, CA (San Jose); SWAB, North Virginia (Bell Atlantic). There is a rather worrying quote in the article about NASA capturing data for the NSA. The column closes with a comparison to a case where the NSA was almost prosecuted by the US Justice Dept. in the '70s for anti-Vietnam War group surveillence. The article appeared in "Computer Fraud & Security", June 1995. American editor is: Charles Cresson Wood information Integrity Investments Sausalito, CA, USA The article in question, titled "Puzzle Palaze Conducting Internet Surveillance" is by Wayne Madsen of Virginia. No Internet E-mail address listed for either of the American contriubtors mentioned above. darren ------- End of Forwarded Message