Is the Internet security battle lost?

February 19, 2009

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According to this New York Times article, researchers at Stanford University vote in favor of starting all over, redesigning the Internet. I wonder if that is the way to go? At the same time, they suggest an evolutionary approach:

“They argue that their new strategy is intended to allow new ideas to emerge in an evolutionary fashion, making it possible to move data traffic seamlessly to a new networking world.”

The Internet has indeed been evolutionary, how can one prevent ending up in the same mess once again?


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Written by Vidar Kongsli who is a software professional living in Oslo, Norway. Works as a consultant, system architect and developer at Bredvid. You should follow him on Twitter