Re: [arch-d] possible new IAB programme on Internet resilience

[Stephane Bortzmeyer <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 05:46:20PM +0100,
 Simon Leinen <[e-mail]> wrote 
 a message of 19 lines which said:

> While it's generally a good idea to not advertise or forward what's
> wrong, I think this is a general security consideration that I wouldn't
> associate with resilience (maybe more with "resistance" to
> attack/damage).
> 
> In fact, one could argue that in the presence of restrictive definitions
> of "right", what you suggest will actually make the system less
> resilient (though more secure, at least from the perspective of those
> holding narrow definitions of "right").

Indeed, the current project of charter seems to be more about
robustness than about resilience.

(And, yes, security can decrease robustness, think of DNSSEC or PKIX
validation issues.)