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2005-05-29The Same Old Mistakes, Over and Over AgainACM News Service: Scientist Blames Web Security Issues on Repeated Mistakes. It is suggested in this blurb that the Internet’s vulnerability stems from repeatedly commiting the same mistakes and overworking the critical infrastructure’s intended use. There are two observations that stand out for me:
Jack M. Germain’s 2005-05-24 E-Commerce Times article features Peiter Zatko’s observation that the Internet is heading for a catostrophic failure, and that it is in no one’s interest for that to happen.
There seem to be two key ideas: First, that the practice of putting modifications on top of modifications — whether protocols or programs — has to stop and, secondly, the fundamental flaws can and must be repaired. Zatko also predicts that this will only happen when it finally becomes too expensive not to.
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