[Cryptography] The role of the IETF in security of the Internet: for or against the NSA? for or against the security of users of the net?

James A. Donald jamesd at echeque.com
Mon Aug 11 01:40:06 EDT 2014


The way the IETF works is:

A predetermined decision is announced.

Various people on the mailing lists point out this is quite obviously a 
bad idea.

Various sock puppets on the mailing list repetitiously endorse the 
predetermined position and assert that objections to the decision are 
out of scope, as if totally deaf.

After a while the predetermined decision is proclaimed to be the 
consensus, even if it obviously is not.

Joining the mailing list is revealed to be a complete waste of time.


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