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The Case for Rebuilding The Internet From Scratch
dotnothing writes "I just caught a column on a security site advocating for a total start from scratch as far as certain internet protocols like SMTP. It's an interesting idea and there are some ideas on how to conduct the transition... if everyone would agree on something like this it would definitely reduce the spam (among other things)."
IPv6, replacement for SMTP, Slashdot style moderation on USENET, default encryption on all data transfers, DHCP configures EVERYTHING (like mail server, news server, etc), and more naked women. That would be perfect.
A slashdotter who didn't build his own computer is like a Jedi who didn't build his own lightsaber.
Will they make use of the new 'Evil' IP bit?
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
not to tell AOL? Lets just not mention anything to them, and suddently we have two seperate networks...
The old network only consisting of AOlers.
The new network consisting of everyone else.
If this isn't acceptable, could we try just not telling Microsoft?
"If you limited normal users to 100 messages per second and major companies to 10,000 messages a second it would be hard for legitimate users to complain, but spamming would be much harder."
Hm... At a limit of 100 per second that only means I can send out 100x60x60x24 = 8,640,000 e-mails per day. How am I going to be able to talk to all of my friends now?
Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but copyright will always protect me.
I don't think the problem is with your system. :-)
Note to M1-ers: a curt but otherwise insightful message is not "Flamebait" or "Troll".
Why take business.com when you can grab slashdot.org and link it to msn.com for a few days? Watch the hilarity ensue as geeks around the world suicidely jump out of office buildings thinking that the Devil won't stop messing with their heads.