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This term is synonymous with SCSI adapter. It refers to an add-in board, such as a PCI SCSI card, that allows PCs to communicate with SCSI devices.
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Host adapter - http://www.cryptonomicon.net/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=749Dean Anderson of AV8 Comments on Privacy Issues and VoIP tapsPosted on Thursday, April 22 @ 08:00:00 EDT by mhamrickIn a recent story we reported on comments by Eliot Spitzer, AttorneyGeneral of the State of New York. In a statement released by hisoffice, Mr. Spitzer criticizes telcos for being slow to respond to lawenforcement requests to upgrade VoIP technology to give lawenforcement the ability to tap "internet phone calls." (See EliotSpitzer Calls for VoIP Taps.)Now Dean Anderson has chimed into Declan McCullagh's PolitechBotmailing list and has said ... Further, the concept of an _FBI_controlled_ backdoor iscompletely novel in the telecom industry. With telephone tapping, theFBI is supposed to have paperwork. Then the telephone company willroute the audio of that phone to a "wiretap port", a line to the FBIoffice in response to an FBI request, for which records are kept. TheFBI is never, ever given access to the CO cableplant, or the COfacilities. FBI tapping equipment is not allowed in a TelephoneOffice. There is someone in the Telephone company that _can_ blow thewhistle either publicly or to the FBI itself in the event ofabuse. (eg, Agent soandso asked for a Tap on his ex-wife) The complete quote is available at the PolitechBot archive and isworth a click over.(see One Internet provider's view of FBI's CALEA wiretappush .)
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