[AusNOG] Consensus from the IETF 88 Technical Plenary - Internet hardening

[George Fong]

Just a quick update. IETF has now posted a statement on the outcomes:

http://www.ietf.org/media/2013-11-07-internet-privacy-and-security.html

Cheers
g.


On 08/11/13 09:17, George Fong wrote:
> Apologies for the cross posting but I think this is one worth tracking:
>
>
> A sad but inevitable resolution of where things might need to go. This is
> a first take, reported on Google+ of the Consensus reached.
>
>
> */Arturo Servin originally shared to IETF (Discussion):/*
> *//*
> The consensus today (taken from the transcript of the Technical Plenary)
> appear to be: 
>
>
> 1 "WE ALL BELIEVE THAT PERVASIVE SURVEILLANCE IS AN ATTACK AND THE IETF
> NEEDS TO ADJUST OUR THREAT MODEL TO CONSIDER IT WHEN DEVELOPING
> STANDARDS TRACK SPECIFICATIONS, SO WE SHOULD CONSIDER THIS EVOLVED
> THREAT MODEL WHEN CONSIDERING WHETHER TO STANDARDS TRACK SPECIFICATIONS
> ARE ACCEPTABLE OR NOT" 
>
> 2 "THE IETF SHOULD INCLUDE ENCRYPTION EVEN OUTSIDE OF AUTHENTICATION
> WHERE PRACTICAL." 
>
> 3 "THE IETF SHOULD STRIVE FOR END-TO-END ENCRYPTION EVEN WHEN THERE ARE
> MIDDLE BOXES IN THE PATH." 
>
> 4 " THE IETF SHOULD CREATE SECURE VERSIONS OF POPULAR NON-SECURE
> PROTOCOLS"
>
>
> Cheers
> g.
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