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.