Acidus wrote:
We keep dicking around ever reinventing the encrypted tunnel instead of working on complex and interesting problems.

Such as...

My thoughts on this interview:
1. He is sort of wrong about IPv6. The larger address space makes it harder for worms to propagate.
2. Everything he says about the IETF is right on.
3. The future of network security is in the switch.
4. Interconnecting everything on the internet was not a "dumb idea." Connectivity is more important then security. Focusing on only allowing things that are OK doesn't really work. The minute somebody needs to do something and its not on your list of things you've permitted you're fired.

RE: Interview with Marcus Ranum