At the Vancouver IETF meeting, the IAB held a technical plenary that discussed
pervasive monitoring. The IAB believes that pervasive monitoring represents an
attack on the Internet in as much as large amounts of information that is
intended to be confidential between sets of individuals is in fact gathered and
aggregated by third parties. Such a broad scale attack can undermine
confidence in the infrastructure, no matter the intent of those collecting the
information.
draft-farrell-perpass-attack-00 is intended to establish an IETF community
consensus on this matter. We encourage the community to read and engage in
discussion about this draft, and also to take practical measures to limit
pervasive monitoring within their environments.
On behalf of the IAB,
Russ Housley
IAB Chair