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Appendix 3 - Packet Capturing for taps such as CALEA
NetEqualizer is a CALEA Probe
The NetEqualizer acts as a CALEA Probe via packet capturing & forwarding. We provide a
network probe with the following capabilities:
It will allow an ISP or other operator to comply with a basic warrant for information
about a user by capturing and sending IP communications in real time to a third
party.
Communication may be captured by headers or headers and content.
We provide basic descriptive tags identifying headers, data, and time stamps, along
with HEX or ASCII representation of content data.
Note: The NetEqualizer does not do any analysis of the data. We are providing the probe
function ONLY.
CALEA Compliance
As best we can tell at this time, there is no one government agency that can fully declare
our technology CALEA compliant. However, we do pledge to work with our customers should
they be faced with a warrant for information to adjust and even customize our solution;
however additional consulting fees may apply.
Although the law (see
CALEA
sections 103 and 107(a)(2)) is fairly specific on
what
needs to
be done, the
how
is not addressed to any level of detail to which we can engineer our
solution.
We believe that the law and specifications on "how" to deliver to a law enforcement agency
are somewhat ambiguous. The FBI has created some detailed specifications, but the reality
is that there are some 40,000 law enforcement agencies, and they are each given autonomy
on how they receive data. We do provide samples (see below)
on how to receive
NetEqualizer-captured data on a third party server, but are unable to guarantee definite
compliance with any specific agency.
Many people are following the
ATIS specification
that was put forth by the FBI, and
we
have read and attempted to comply with the probe portion of that specification
. But, the
reality is that there is no one agency given the authority to test a solution and bless it as
compliant.
So, if faced with a warrant for information, the law enforcement agency in charge may
indeed want something in a slightly different format. If this is the case, contact our Support
Team at
or 303.997.1300 x102 for help in complying. Please
note that as the CALEA module is not covered under
NSS
, consulting charges may apply.
For additional information on CALEA, go to:
http://transition.fcc.gov/pshs/services/calea/
.
The NetEqualizer is set up as a CALEA Probe in two steps, which must be executed in the
order below:
1.
Setting up the Receiver for the tap.
2.
Setting up the NetEqualizer to capture packets.
