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== Configuration == The Carnivore system was a [[Microsoft Windows]]-based [[workstation]] with packet-sniffing software and a removable [[Jaz drive|Jaz]] disk drive.<ref>{{cite web|title=How Carnivore Email Surveillance Worked|url=http://email.about.com/od/staysecureandprivate/a/carnivore.htm|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925142946/http://email.about.com/od/staysecureandprivate/a/carnivore.htm|archive-date=2008-09-25|access-date=2021-02-22|work=about.com}}</ref> This computer must be physically installed at an [[Internet service provider]] (ISP) or other location where it can "sniff" traffic on a [[local area network|LAN]] segment to look for email messages in transit. The technology itself was not highly advanced—it used a standard packet sniffer and straightforward filtering. No monitor or keyboard was present at the ISP. The critical components of the operation were the filtering criteria. Copies of every packet were made, and required filtering at a later time. To accurately match the appropriate subject, an elaborate content model was developed.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Carnivore Details Emerge |author=Kevin Poulsen |work=SecurityFocus |date=October 4, 2000 |url=http://www.securityfocus.com/news/97}}</ref> An independent technical review of Carnivore for the [[United States Department of Justice|Justice Department]] was prepared in 2000.<ref>[https://epic.org/privacy/carnivore/carniv_final.pdf Independent Technical Review of the Carnivore System], 8 December 2000</ref>
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