[discuss] Transiting e-mails

[JFC Morfin]

At 19:35 08/01/2014, Seun Ojedeji wrote
>May i assume that you are suggesting the technical solution is a 
>circuit-switched network? as that will be like making the goal of 
>govt easier as i don't think this will benefit end users in any way 
>(I am open to be convinced otherwise)

Seun,

I doubt that Brian advocates circuit switch. Please consider RFC 3949 
which completes Brian RFC 1958 in terms of Internet architecture. It 
explains why circuit switch is not a good solution. Yet, there are 
many way to transmit and route data in a catenet the internet has not 
ou could not yet consider. You have to remember that the ARPA 
Internetting  which was tune into the current Internet is 40 years 
old and a limitation of the concepts already in use at that time.

What is odd, however, is the Brian section you quote, as among all 
the IETF people, Brian is one of the most aware that it makes no 
sense in front of quantum computing.

>That's why people will tell you that end-to-end encryption is needed,
>so that even if your datagrams pass through Langley, Virginia
>they remain private.

End to end encryption means that Langley will see all the networking 
metadata and can decrypt.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/01/02/confused-about-the-nsas-quantum-computing-project-this-mit-computer-scientist-can-explain/

The point that was discussed was about the data crossing an US 
jurisdiction. A judge may decide that he does not need to know about 
the data when metadata are explicit enough. Intelligence is not 
really about who said what, but about who talked to. This is basic.

jfc
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