Re: BBC: Let’s Kill the Internet and Start Over

[Romain / rXg]

I would prefer to avoid my birth if it s still possible ...






On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:49 AM, <perry7 at mac.com> wrote:

> Do we agree?
>
>  Viewpoint: The internet is broken – we need to start over … Last year,
> the level and ferocity of
>
>  cyber-attacks on the internet reached such a horrendous level that some
> are now thinking the
>
>  unthinkable: to let the internet wither on the vine and start up a new
> more robust one instead.
>
>  On being asked if we should start again, many – maybe most – immediately
> argue that the internet
>
>  is such an integral part of our social and economic fabric that even
> considering a change in its
>
>  fundamental structure is inconceivable and rather frivolous. I was one
> of those. However,
>
>  recently the evidence suggests that our efforts to secure the internet
> are becoming less
>
>  and less effective, and so the idea of a radical alternative suddenly
> starts to look less
>
>  laughable. – BBC/ Prof Alan Woodward, Department of Computing,
> University of Surrey
>
>
>
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Romain
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