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The Case for Rebuilding The Internet From Scratch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the armchair-quarterback-pipedream dept.

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)."

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  1. Re:How History will see it by buyo-kun · · Score: 0, Troll

    Who the hell put insightful, I was trying to be funny, and mocking of it.

    *Sighs*

    O well, better insightful then troll

  2. Oh no... by sharph · · Score: 0, Troll

    I got a spam...
    well, i guess its time to rewrite the entire internet from scratch so that everybody will have to by a $2000 certificate from VeriSign and force everybody to use it, just so there's no more spam.

    Sounds like a stupid plan to me.