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17.7.2000 Security: To keep data safe from Echelon use VoIP
Voice over IP (VoIP) systems have been touted as a way to keep confidential company data safe from the UK and US government's Echelon spy network, according to a former Nato technical director.

En français: Pour protèger vos données d'Echelon utiliser le VoIP
Les systèmes Voice over IP (VoIP) permettent aux entreprises une manière de protèger leurs données confidentielles du rèseau d'espionnage des gouvernements britannique et americain Echelon, selon un ancien directeur technique de l'OTAN.

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French authorities last week launched an official investigation into the Anglo-US spy network, claiming that they lost important contracts for Thompson and Airbus because the US National Security Agency leaked information of their negotiations to US competitors.

For Brian Gladman, former technical director at NATO, the easiest way for companies to secure their networks is to encrypt voice transmissions using VoIP. This technique transfers voice into digital data that can be safely encrypted with the emerging IPv6 protocol.

Any future development of a network should take full advantage of the encryption of the IPv6 protocol

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Pour Brian Gladman, ancien directeru technique de l'OTAN, la manière la plus simple pour protéger les données d'une entreprise contre le réseau d'espionnage Echelon, consiste à utiliser les propriétés de VoIP et la version IPv6 du protocole TCP/IP.

Il dit que l'encryptage utilisé dans cettte nouvelle version du protocole est suffisante pour se protèger de ce type de problèmes.

Les autorités francaises ont démarré une enquête la semaine dernière sur ce réseau. Elles estiment avoir perdu des contrats importants dans le cadre de négotiations pour Thomson et Airbus, à cause d'information qui auraient été transmises à leurs concurrents par la NSA, "US National Security Agency".

Brian Gladman added that companies should not underestimate foreign governments' desires to gain a competitive edge from spying. "There is enough information to know that governments spy on foreign companies to gain technological advantages for their companies. Network managers must protect their company's confidential data," he said.

British journalist Duncan Campbell said that "correctly engineered encryption prevents both targeting and interception from the Echelon network".

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