RE: Cryptome: NSA has real-time access to Hushmail servers

http://www.rsync.net/resources/notices/canary.txt

Not an ISP, but if your data resides on their server(s), ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.buff@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:26 PM
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Cryptome: NSA has real-time access to Hushmail servers


Wasn't there an article or a post somewhere about an ISP that
maintained a canary web page with the statement "we haven't been
served with an NSL" and (I think) a date that was meant to be taken
down or perhaps merely not updated in such an event?

Cute idea, though I suppose they would also be subject to sanctions
for not maintaining it.

On Dec 26, 2007 1:33 PM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu> wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:02:18 +0200, Juha-Matti Laurio said:
> > Guardster Team has posted its response on 21st Dec to Cryptome:
>
> > "We can assure you that we do not cooperate with the NSA or any other
> > government agency anywhere in the world. We invite whomever is making this
> > statement to provide proof, rather than making a baseless accusation.
>
> Note that if they had been served with an NSL (National Security Letter),
> they may be legally *required* to lie about it while cooperating.  Actually
> truthfully saying "Yeah, an NSL showed up and we complied" could land them
> in jail....