12 October 1999. Thanks to Ulf Möller.  From: The IESG <iesg-
secretary@ietf.org> To: IETF-Announce: ; cc: raven@ietf.org
Subject: The IETF's position on technology to support legal
intercept Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 15:47:10 -0400  The use of the
Internet for services that replace or supplement traditional
telephony is, predictably, causing discussions in many countries
about the point at which special rules about telephony services
begin to apply to Internet service providers.  In many
countries, these rules could impose new legal obligations on
ISPs, particularly requirements to comply with requests from law
enforcement agencies or regulators to intercept, or gather and
report other information about, communications. For example many
traditional telephony devices, especially central-office
switches, sold in those countries are required to have built-in
wiretapping capabilities to allow telephone carriers to fulfill
these obligations.  A number of IETF working groups are
currently working on protocols to suppo