[87698] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: WMF patch
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Wed Jan 4 22:16:07 2006
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@world.std.com>
To: aoxomoxoa@sunlightdata.com (Fred Heutte)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 22:12:01 -0500 (EST)
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <200601050243.k052h7N86397@pop.hevanet.com> from "Fred Heutte" at Jan 04, 2006 06:41:02 PM
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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> Martin Hannigan quoth:
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> Internet security problems at large haven't even reached the break
> of dawn yet. Wait until every phone, toaster, baby intensive care
> sensor, and car is hooked up.
>
> Indeed, depending on how you look at it, Vint Cerf's formulation,
> "IP on everything," is either a promise or a threat. Maybe both.
>
> http://content.answers.com/main/content/img/CDE/_IPONEV.GIF
Of course you know that this is Vint Cerf and it is clearly something
he would never do.
> http://old-www.nersc.gov/aboutnersc/presentations/future/sld061.htm
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> OK, now I'll shut up.
Thanks. I was being serious. Internet security isn't a joke at anyones
expense anymore. I'd like to think that everyone is thinking about the
future of the Internet.
I think this is an interesting argument _for_ full disclosure even
though it's being cast as a debacle.
-M<
