<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Well I think part of the problem is that businesses have been conned into investing billion of dollars into the internet, on the false premise that the IP model was capable of delivering a safe and secure commercial environment. While neglecting that the internet was built to facilitate open communication, that the architecture was necessarily a compromise of openness for security, and no one anticipated that state operators would make the internet a domain for undermining Western economies, or that the consequent profits would bankroll the exercise. All the security products on the market are a band aid patch, which won't fix the fundamental problem of delivering end to end security. That's only going to happen when and if there is a complete rethink of the internet architecture, and replacement of IP with a network protocol that can deliver end to end security. Which is to say, we have years to look forward to of high profile hacks and finger pointing.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 September 2016 at 14:09, grenville armitage <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garmitage@swin.edu.au" target="_blank">garmitage@swin.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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On 09/24/2016 10:21, Robert Hudson wrote:<br>
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Paying a criminal a ransom when they have carried out an illegal act is legitimising the business model.<br>
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Precisely the reason I believe we should refuse to hand over our wallets or purses to muggers. Make a stand. Refuse to legitimise an illegal business model. I shouldn't have been walking down that street without backup(s) anyway...<br>
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(I don't know who I'm taking the piss out of, but the thread smells way past its use-by minute in any case.)<br>
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cheers,<br>
gja<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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