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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I’m well versed in the CALEA capabilities of DOCSIS equipment, hence my comment.

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[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

How do you have internet without a DOCSIS modem? Is this a problem of where I live that the only option requires it? Or do you just have a strong firewall between it and the rest of your network (assumably on the router)?

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[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

The CALEA functions aren’t in the modem, they’re in the CMTS, the router the modems talk to/through at the head end. I’d expect similar demarcation with other access technologies, but they’re not my area.

I see this new requirement as an attempt, at least partially, to bring CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) into CALEA scope.

My take is they’ve made the network a more hostile environment, and elevated the need and justification to build a more resilient overlay layer of encrypted and obfuscated channels.

HTTPS, QUIC, DoT/DoH and such have been piecemeal attempts which make sense over a neutral network. An actively hostile environment needs to be treated as a dumb pipe, preferably one of many diverse paths.