On 04/04/2014 03:07, Randy Bush wrote:
"because we blew it way back when, by designing a completely insecure
and un-private internet"
That was not a mistake. That is what made adoption possible.
this is not clear. though, certainly, crypto would have had serious
performance impact in the ealy '80s. then again, if at 9600 baud, you
can afford a bit of processing on the ends. :)
Randy
It is incorrect to assume that those considerations no longer apply. The
engineering and economics still apply, but to much smaller, cheaper,
lower power, and potentially far more ubiquitous, devices.
Stewart