Re: [Strint-attendees] Do we need a breakthrough in key management first?

[Christian Grothoff <[e-mail]>]

On 02/23/2014 08:11 PM, Johan Pouwelse wrote:
> On 17 February 2014 11:31, Carlo v. Loesch
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> And there are some papers, that propose fundamental
>> rethinking of the way we run the Internet. Some are
>> just rough ideas (26, 38) while others appear to have
> [snip]
>> 65: The Internet is Broken: Building a GNU Network
>>
>> Alas, I am biased. This is the paper I contributed to.
>> For several years we have been working on design and
>> implementation of an alternative Internet. Although it
>> currently runs as an overlay network, it has developed
>> protocols to replace DNS, X.509, BGP and various other
>> insecure technologies. DHT-based cryptographic routing
>> has matured in over a decade and grown well out of its
>> infancy (just watch Tor). Why stick to horse carriages
>> if there is a car waiting outside?
> 
> Key management seems to me the key problem that needs
> a breakthrough and re-thinking.

Well, my claim is that with the GNU Name System, we have
that breakthrough.