I was asked this by a friend. His company is trying to set up some sort of a network where all their branches around the world can connect. They want to know if there are any laws in my country associated with "Internet Breakout"
He is a lawyer at the said place and since he has no idea about technology, he asked me. I have no idea what on god's name he's talking about since I am not a networking guy.
I did try searching around google for what "Internet Breakout" is, but I have no idea how to explain this to my friend.
If anyone could give me a quick summary of what an internet breakout is in a company network, or point me to a resource that would explain it. I would be really appreciate it.
Best Answer
In many large networks that span nationally or globally, all traffic including Internet traffic, flows from remote sites to a central hub, such as a data center, where Internet traffic then leaves the organization via an ISP. The advantage of this is the organization can apply security policies, filter for malware, etc., from a single, central location.
In contrast, some organizations allow Internet traffic to leave the corporate network at the remote site, via a locally connected ISP. This is known as an "Internet breakout." The advantage of this is all the Internet traffic does not need to be carried to the central site, saving on bandwidth, and the local ISP may offer cheaper pricing than the central site. The downside is that Internet filtering and malware protection must be placed at the remote site's ISP connection as well.
I'll let someone else speak to the legal issues involving transnational Internet traffic.