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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/Oct/18 18:27, Loganaden
Velvindron wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Hi folks,
I've just read that DE-CIX has been fighting legal requests to allow
tapping into their networks.
See it here: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/15/network_roundup_week_ending_oct_15/">https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/15/network_roundup_week_ending_oct_15/</a>
Is this a common request made to IXPs ?</pre>
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What common... fighting tapping by the gubbermint, or fighting legal
tapping by the gubbermint?<br>
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It is not unreasonable to expect that gubbermints will issue
requests to tap networks, be they exchange points or regular
commercial service providers. When gubbermints get clever enough to
realize that exchange points are a major infrastructure that carries
plenty of juicy data, it won't be long before they come knocking.<br>
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The problem any major international exchange point has is they stand
to lose a lot of business of the local gubbermint under which they
are incorporated tries to pull this. What the gubbermint fails to
realize is that there are tons of other nations running their
traffic through that exchange point, and that this is a source of
good revenue for said exchange point (and by extension, the local
tax base). <br>
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While the gubbermint's intentions may be nationally self-serving,
the global impact risks the very fabric of that operation, and the
reason it has been a success (and by extension, the local tax base).<br>
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Mark.<br>
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