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[perpass] A reminder, the Network is the Enemy...

Nicholas Weaver <nweaver@icsi.berkeley.edu> Wed, 20 November 2013 20:43 UTC

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As a reminder, the network is the enemy.

http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/11/this-is-how-the-internet-backbone-has-been-turned-into-a-weapon/

We need to consider the network transporting our data as an active attacker, not just one which can observer/wiretap, but one that is both outside our control and willing to serve as a vehicle for attacking the end systems.  Its always been this way, but the recent behavior of the NSA/GCHQ has ensured that the pleasant fiction of the network's lack of hostility is no longer acceptable.

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