[LINK] What's a reasonable level of code-checking?

[David Lochrin]

On Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:36, Darryl (Dassa) Lynch wrote:

>A thorny question that still needs an answer.  I haven't seen a generally acceptable proposal as yet although a lot are trying to come up with something that will be acceptable.  It is a transport protocol really and putting too many layers onto it doesn't really help.

   A nitpick if if may - IP V6 is a network & routing protocol, not a transport protocol.  However this is not the correct place to architect security anyway, as you suggest.  IP V6 does have some hooks, but unfortunately the real security problems lie higher up the protocol stack and, in particular, with the user.

   It's technically easy to implement security between specific parties.  But as long as users want to be able to receive emails from anyone, and be able to access any website, I really cannot see a systemic solution.

> [...] Social attacks are a major factor in any security model.  We can try, with warnings and other methodology to educate users but in the end, they must take responsibility for their own actions, something most individuals are trying to get away from the more technology and society progresses.  Personally I believe instead of evolving into higher intelligence and responsibilities, society is breeding generations that are being dumbed down except in specific areas and outside of those areas, they are clueless and lack the originality to be able to cope.

   Yes.  And there's a discussion for UNLINK!!

David