In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Harald Tveit Alvestrand 
writes:

>
>let's veer off... this is much more fun than other current discussions :-)
>Since a major problem for "illegal" P2P networks at the moment is dealing
>with content that is inserted maliciously (the file named "Britney Spears'
>latest hit" that says "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL" in a thunderous voice), I
>think they have a large motivation for workable security models...... and I
>suspect that the Security ADs would LOVE to see documented a security model
>that has been proved to work in that environment.
>

As a former Security AD, I can tell you that I have a research project 
going on some aspects of this.  Believe it or not, I think the issue is 
linked to BGP security.

The real problem in the Security Considerations, though, is the defense 
against subpoena attacks.

                --Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb



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