So often what appears to be a security issue is simply failing to account for 
the security issues in the design.

In this case it is also a failure to understand the internet as a system. 

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 -----Original Message-----
From:   John Leslie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent:   Monday, October 15, 2007 10:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
To:     Hallam-Baker, Phillip
Cc:     [email protected]
Subject:        Re: The IETF duty for Carbon emissions, energy use &ct.

Hallam-Baker, Phillip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> Whether your objective is to reduce carbon emissions because of
> global warming concerns or reduce dependence on fossil fuels that are
> increasingly in short supply, there is a real incentive to reduce
> energy use. 
> 
> If teleconferencing actually worked the need to hold face to face
> meetings would be reduced.

   I am constantly surprised how little interest there is within IETF
for teleconferecing that works well.

> By work I mean really work, not almost, not provided there is no NAT,
> not provided the firewall has pinhole router configuration.

   These are all "security" issues, for which we could find end-runs.
The problem I see is that we just don't care. :^(

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John Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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