[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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