On Mar 6, 2007, at 1:39 PM, Jeff Young wrote:
For better or worse, the "centralized means of control" you mention
may well come in the form of the latest IPTV networks being built
by large telco providers. As telco battles cable for couch
potatoes, they've realized that mucking with television reception
is perhaps the best way to overload their customer service call
centers. As such, the demarc between ISP* and customer is moving
inside the home. There may still be a Linksys or Netgear wirless
device attached to these networks but there will be an IP "router"
that is partially controlled by the ISP on site.
Depending on your stomach for getting involved there will be,
according to predictions, ~40 million households worldwide on some
type of IPTV in the next few years alone. We may not have the
opportunity to replace existing hardware, but there is the
opportunity to influence what goes in-line before it.
The "centralized" controls should be able to modulate connectivity.
It seems almost every day represents a new zero day exploit of some
sort. In light of this, it would be helpful for connectivity to be
limited until there is some automated acknowledgment that signals
specifically what connectivity is required for remediation. While it
is possible to centrally identify threats, there is no uniform means
to modulate connectivity during identified vulnerable transitions.
During these transitions, clicking on a link or accepting a message
represents a genuine threat. As it is now, compromised systems lack
any centralized control and have placed the Internet dependability
and related commerce at risk. Some mechanism similar to that of the
NEA seems needed.
-Doug
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