Re: Security for the Internet of Things and Other Things (Was: Re: Observations on (non-technical) changes affecting IETF operations)

Carsten Bormann <cabo@tzi.org> Wed, 09 March 2016 15:49 UTC

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Michael Richardson wrote:
> I think the the problem of setting up the "secure" wireless connectivity is
> largely a distraction, and leads regularly to insecurity.

Hear, hear.
This is really the crux of the matter.

Grüße, Carsten