---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Ferguson Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 9:58 PM Subject: [Cryptography] Why the Internet could be the next “failed state” To: Cryptography Mailing List -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 I encourage you to read this very thought-provoking article on the "state of the Internet" insofar as security, inclusiveness, and usability is concerned. Well worth the read. And also very interesting opinion (apropos?) as to where we are as a society right now in the evolution of the Internet, a crossroads where our daily personal & professional lives meet: "If you think the Internet can go on being just like it is, here's some bad news." "...the Internet might soon look less like 1970s New York and more like 1990s Mogadishu: warring factions destroying the most fundamental of services, 'security zones' reducing or eliminating free movement, and security costs making it prohibitive for anyone but the most well-funded operations to do business without becoming a 'soft target' for political or economic gain." http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/02/fear-in-the-digital-ci... - - ferg - -- Paul Ferguson VP Threat Intelligence, IID PGP Public Key ID: 0x54DC85B2 Key fingerprint: 19EC 2945 FEE8 D6C8 58A1 CE53 2896 AC75 54DC 85B2 "I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas." - Herman Melville -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iF4EAREIAAYFAlTtOkQACgkQKJasdVTchbIdpwEAkmxxKO0Buzun3yW6k7SRDXPr 2/ENJW5l07th7f/adwAA/j7wodKw29nHFTW4EUARSbyZBiNfAGNTAfstFrT5oV3h =75sd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ The cryptography mailing list cryptography@metzdowd.com http://www.metzdowd.com/mailman/listinfo/cryptography