FW: [bestbits] Do we really want to shoot in Dilma's foot?

[michael gurstein]

?

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/09/the_nsa_is_brea.html

http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/09/after-the-nsa-subverted-security-stan
dards.html

http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2294419/ietf-to-consider-prism-proof-sec
urity-architectures-for-the-web

Schneier is giving the keynote on precisely this issue at the upcoming IETF
meeting in November.

M

-----Original Message-----
From: Pranesh Prakash [mailto:pranesh at cis-india.org]
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2013 3:32 PM
To: michael gurstein; 'Gene Kimmelman'
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Subject: Re: [bestbits] Do we really want to shoot in Dilma's foot?

michael gurstein [2013-10-14 11:17]:
> To add a brief observation, we know from Snowden that the subversion 
> of Multistakeholderism by the NSA has gone to the very heart of 
> Intenet development through its actions around standard setting in the 
> IETF (and the

Do you have a link for this?

I'm guessing you're talking about the Guardian/NYT/Pro Publica pieces.
I don't recall reading anything about the IETF or other I* body there.

If it is the IPSEC charge that you're talking about: I don't find any
evidence to support John Gilmore's insinuations; frankly there are better
explanations for why IPSEC didn't take off.

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