Re:You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one
by Animats on Friday October 24, 2014 @05:02PM
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That web site has the worst of both worlds. It has "modern" minimalist design optimized for cell phones, with lots of colored blank space, low contrast between text and background, and few links. Then the content is GNU-quality, strong on code and mechanism and weak on design intent.
This proposes a port-knocking scheme to deter port scanning. 20 minutes of sickly yellow on purple PowerPoint. That's an idea of limited value; port-knocking is security by obscurity. Any widespread use of port-knocking implies it will be known to attackers.
The legislative proposal is to require end to end cell phone encryption plus onion routing for all phones. Maybe for other devices; there are sections in the document labelled "Fixme" on that. Specific encryption standards are specified; unclear if those are good choices or not. The overhead and lag for onion routing for voice would be high.
It's worth having this out there, but it's not a plan, it's a collection of stuff in search of a plan.
The site seems to be a plug for this video:
https://gnunet.org/ghm2014knock
This proposes a port-knocking scheme to deter port scanning. 20 minutes of sickly yellow on purple PowerPoint. That's an idea of limited value; port-knocking is security by obscurity. Any widespread use of port-knocking implies it will be known to attackers.
They have a legislative program. It's here:
http://youbroketheinternet.org/legislation/
1999 called. It wants the BLINK tag back.
The legislative proposal is to require end to end cell phone encryption plus onion routing for all phones. Maybe for other devices; there are sections in the document labelled "Fixme" on that. Specific encryption standards are specified; unclear if those are good choices or not. The overhead and lag for onion routing for voice would be high.
It's worth having this out there, but it's not a plan, it's a collection of stuff in search of a plan.