Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine

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Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine

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RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine

March 14, 2012 at 2:51 pm

Nice work.

What exactly is he proposing? A world where applications can implicitly trust anything that comes to them over the wire, because the wire is "secured"?

As a client-server application developer, my only response to that is this: Yeah, that's going to fucking happen.

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Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 14, 2012 at 12:57 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Doubting Thomas - March 14, 2012 at 2:23 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Rayaan - March 14, 2012 at 2:27 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 14, 2012 at 2:43 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Jackalope - March 14, 2012 at 2:51 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 14, 2012 at 2:52 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by The Grand Nudger - March 14, 2012 at 3:22 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 14, 2012 at 3:27 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Doubting Thomas - March 15, 2012 at 1:53 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 15, 2012 at 2:03 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Jackalope - March 15, 2012 at 2:33 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 15, 2012 at 2:35 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Doubting Thomas - March 15, 2012 at 4:46 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by Tiberius - March 15, 2012 at 4:49 pm

RE: Prof. Alan Woodward is Wrong; The Internet is Fine - by 5thHorseman - March 15, 2012 at 4:49 pm

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