ID :
138032
Tue, 08/17/2010 - 14:43
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/138032
The shortlink copeid
BlackBerry falls in line; says manual access to BBM by Sep 1
New Delhi, Aug 16 (PTI) The BlackBerry mobile phone maker
Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide security
agencies partial access to its messenger services by September
one and would complete the project by the end of the year.
The move by the RIM comes barely within five days after
the Indian government conveyed in no uncertain terms to RIM
asking them to come up with a technical solution to the issue
of interception of its services by August 31 or shut down its
shop.
However, the Canada-based firm said some more discussions
were required for giving access to BlackBerry Entreprise
Services (BES), official sources said.
The sources said the RIM, which has a subscriber base of
nearly one million in India, made this offer to the government
in order to end the logjam by agreeing to blink on the issue
of providing access to its special services.
Initially, the BlackBerry had agreed to provide manual
details to law enforcement agencies and the same would be made
available by the year-end, the sources said.
On BES, the smart-phone makers have conveyed to the
government that certain technical discussions were required to
be undertaken before finding a solution to this issue also.
Canadian smartphone maker had proposed certain ways to
address India's security concerns over BlackBerry Enterprise
Services (BES) and BlackBerry Messenger Services (BBM) for
which it is seeking access in the country.
In a letter to Department of Telecom (DoT) Secretary P J
Thomas, Home Secretary G K Pillai had asked him to convey to
the operators and RIM that a technical solution to make
available lawful interception of BES and BBM must be found by
the deadline.
BlackBerry had attempted earlier to break the logjam over
its services in India by offering "metadata" and relevant
information to security agencies which would enable them to
lawfully intercept communication on such phones but it failed
to enthuse the authorities.
RIM representatives explained that BlackBerry mobile
device sends encrypted emails, which is sent to BlackBerry
Enterprise Server (BES) located with the service provider.
BES decrypts messages and sends it to the email server of
the service provider where it remains stored in decrypted
form. Then it is pushed to the BlackBerry device in encrypted
form. PTI ACB
RBT
Research In Motion (RIM) has agreed to provide security
agencies partial access to its messenger services by September
one and would complete the project by the end of the year.
The move by the RIM comes barely within five days after
the Indian government conveyed in no uncertain terms to RIM
asking them to come up with a technical solution to the issue
of interception of its services by August 31 or shut down its
shop.
However, the Canada-based firm said some more discussions
were required for giving access to BlackBerry Entreprise
Services (BES), official sources said.
The sources said the RIM, which has a subscriber base of
nearly one million in India, made this offer to the government
in order to end the logjam by agreeing to blink on the issue
of providing access to its special services.
Initially, the BlackBerry had agreed to provide manual
details to law enforcement agencies and the same would be made
available by the year-end, the sources said.
On BES, the smart-phone makers have conveyed to the
government that certain technical discussions were required to
be undertaken before finding a solution to this issue also.
Canadian smartphone maker had proposed certain ways to
address India's security concerns over BlackBerry Enterprise
Services (BES) and BlackBerry Messenger Services (BBM) for
which it is seeking access in the country.
In a letter to Department of Telecom (DoT) Secretary P J
Thomas, Home Secretary G K Pillai had asked him to convey to
the operators and RIM that a technical solution to make
available lawful interception of BES and BBM must be found by
the deadline.
BlackBerry had attempted earlier to break the logjam over
its services in India by offering "metadata" and relevant
information to security agencies which would enable them to
lawfully intercept communication on such phones but it failed
to enthuse the authorities.
RIM representatives explained that BlackBerry mobile
device sends encrypted emails, which is sent to BlackBerry
Enterprise Server (BES) located with the service provider.
BES decrypts messages and sends it to the email server of
the service provider where it remains stored in decrypted
form. Then it is pushed to the BlackBerry device in encrypted
form. PTI ACB
RBT
