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

[Jay Vaughan]

Fuck no.

On 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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Jay Vaughan