[ga] VeriSign to Help Telecoms with Wiretaps (fwd)

[Rick Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Yahoo - VeriSign to Help Telecoms with Wiretaps
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Reuters Internet Report
VeriSign to Help Telecoms with Wiretaps

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Security and Web address provider VeriSign Inc.
(NasdaqNM:VRSN - News) on Monday unveiled a new service to help U.S.
telecommunications carriers comply with wiretapping regulations that have
gained more prominence since the attacks of Sept. 11.

Mountain View, California-based VeriSign is testing its new "NetDiscovery"
wiretapping services, which is expected to be commercially available in
early July for land-line, wireless and cable carriers, said Terry Kremian,
executive vice president of VeriSign's telecommunications services.

Under the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994,
telecommunications companies must have systems that allow law enforcement
officials acting with a court order or other legal authorization to
intercept targeted telephone calls and access caller ID data quickly.

The law also requires carriers to provide the resulting wiretap data to
the police or the FBI in a way that allows it to delivered or transmitted
offsite to government offices.

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