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What are the costs of CALEA compliance? |
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At this time, the exact requirements for CALEA are not clear, but judging from the results of the Court decision, estimates for most scenarios involve replacing the gateway routers only. Industry standards are being developed and are expected to be released in early 2007. In the meantime, equipment vendors and third party providers may be willing to give you a cost estimate. |
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Where can I get more information about what is required? |
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New standards are still being developed, but for the existing TIA standard for service providers offering packet-based services, look for JSTD-025B at http://www.tiaonline.org/standards/search_results2.cfm?document_no=J-STD-025. |
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Who will pay the costs to perform these functions? |
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The campus must pay for equipment, systems, and human resources to perform the administration, access, and delivery of the requested information to law enforcement. Law enforcement can be required to pay for the leased lines (if necessary) from campus to the collection point. |
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Is more than just VoIP covered by CALEA? |
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Yes. All two-way communications will be covered, and all communications will need to be forwarded. As of current understanding, VoIP packets will need to be decoded if the university provides the VoIP service; otherwise, decoding responsibility is unclear. |
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What might law enforcement ask for in a wiretap request? |
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Law enforcement could request:
- All communications associated with an IP address or jack.
- All communications associated with a person, wired at a specific location, wired on any authenticated access, or wireless.
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What about encryption and compression? Will campuses be responsible for decrypting or decompressing communications? |
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Decryption and/or decompression of files will only be required when the university encrypted or compressed them (and can access the key). Otherwise, the files can be sent to law enforcement in their existing form. |
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