Going for the throat: Carnivore in an Echelon World - Part II

Title
Going for the throat: Carnivore in an Echelon World - Part II
Publication Date
2004
Author(s)
Nabbali, Talitha
Perry, Mark
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4251-3405
Email: mperry21@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:mperry21
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier Advanced Technology
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1016/S0267-3649(04)00018-4
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/27285
Abstract
Carnivore is a surveillance technology, a software program housed in a computer unit, which is installed by properly authorized FBI agents on a particular Internet Service Provider's (ISP) network. The Carnivore software system is used together with a tap on the ISP's network to “intercept, filter, seize and decipher digital communications on the Internet”. The system is described as a “specialized network analyzer” that works by “sniffing” a network and copying and storing a warranted subset of its traffic. In the FBI's own words “Carnivore chews on all data on the network, but it only actually eats the information authorized by a court order”. This article, in two parts, provides an overview of the FBI's Carnivore electronic surveillance system.
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Citation
Computer Law & Security Review, 20(2), p. 84-97
ISSN
2212-4748
2212-473X
Start page
84
End page
97

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