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Security Top Concern for New IETF Chair

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the into-the-hot-seat dept.

BobB writes "New IETF chair Russ Housley speaks out about bolting security on after the fact, the prospects for IPv6 and a new security technology called Hokey that could help safeguard wireless and wired networks."

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  1. Please stop with the cutesy names! by pongo000 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gimp...Pidgin...and now...

    Hokey?

    Hokey?

    I don't know about the rest of the world, but here in the US "hokey" is used to refer to something artificial, contrived, fake. I certainly don't want to trust the security of my systems to something that's contrived.

    Geez, more proof that intelligence and common sense aren't necessarily bed partners...