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Re: Bruce Schneier's Proposal to dedicate November meeting to saving the Internet from the NSA

2013-09-06 03:13:37
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:16 PM, SM <sm(_at_)resistor(_dot_)net> wrote:

In a Last Call comment a few months ago it was mentioned that a
specification takes the stance that security is an optional feature.  I
once watched a Security Area Director spend thirty minutes trying to
explain to a working group that security feature should be implemented.  If
I recall correctly the working group was unconvinced.

Would the community raise it as an issue during a Last Call if a proposed
protocol did not have strong security features?  It's up to the reader to
determine the answer to that.


It is tragic if the community does understand strong encryption is
essential in many cases (with the caveat that it is not a panacea for all
security breaches) As for raising issues at the last-call. Why not ? The
last-call is no different than any other mailing list discussion or going
to the mic in a physical meeting. (Other than the urgency of having the
last chance to comment ?)

-- Vinayak
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