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The IETF needed a wake-up call on security, says chairman |
February 28, 2014
Security and how to protect users from pervasive monitoring will dominate the proceedings when members of Internet Engineering Task Force meet in London starting Sunday.For an organization that develops the standards we all depend on for the Internet to work, the continued revelations made by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have had wide-ranging repercussions.“It wasn’t a surprise that some activities like this are going on. I think that the scale and some of the tactics surprised the community a little bit. ... You could also argue that maybe we needed the wake-up call,” said IETF Chairman Jari Arkko.The security implications of the disclosures are something the IETF must deal with, according to Arkko.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2103400/the-ietf-needed-a-wakeup-call-on-security-says-chairman.html#tk.rss_all
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