A device that is used to monitor Internet Service Provider (ISP) data traffic is called:

A.
Carnivore

B.
Escrowed encryption

C.
Echelon

D.
Key manager

Explanation:
Carnivore is a device used by the US FBI to monitor ISP traffiC. (S.P. Smith, et. al., Independent
Technical Review of the Carnivore System Draft report, US Department of Justice Contract # 00-C-
328 IITRI, CR-022- 216, Nov 17, 2000). Answer b, Echelon, refers to a cooperative, worldwide signal
intelligence system that is run by the NSA of the United States, the Government Communications
Head Quarters (GCHQ) of England, the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of Canada, the
Australian Defense Security Directorate (DSD), and the General Communications Security Bureau
(GCSB) of New Zealand. These organizations are bound together under a secret 1948 agreement,
UKUSA, [European Parliament, Development of Surveillance Technology and the Risk of Abuse of
Economic Information, Luxembourg (April 1999), PE 166.184/Part 3 /4]. Answer c is a distracter and
is discussed in the questions and answers of Chapter 4, Cryptography. Answer d is a distracter.