So often what appears to be a security issue is simply failing to account for the security issues in the design.
In this case it is also a failure to understand the internet as a system.
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-----Original Message-----
From: John Leslie [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
To: Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Cc: ietf@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: The IETF duty for Carbon emissions, energy use &ct.
Hallam-Baker, Phillip <pbaker@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Whether your objective is to reduce carbon emissions because of
> global warming concerns or reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are
> increasingly in short supply, there is a real incentive to reduce
> energy use.
>
> If teleconferencing actually worked the need to hold face to face
> meetings would be reduced.
I am constantly surprised how little interest there is within IETF
for teleconferecing that works well.
> By work I mean really work, not almost, not provided there is no NAT,
> not provided the firewall has pinhole router configuration.
These are all "security" issues, for which we could find end-runs.
The problem I see is that we just don't care. :^(
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John Leslie <john@xxxxxxx>
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