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Will 'Internet security' always be an oxymoron?
Friday, 20 May 2005, 14:49 GMT

It's common knowledge that using something you don't understand means incurring a certain degree of risk. Since computer users can't possibly know everything about the software they use—and most users have no hope of writing it themselves—they must accept some degree of risk when using the Internet.

But security risks are cumulative, and I believe we've reached a point where it's no longer possible to hide the fact that there's a horrible problem with core Internet security—from the architecture of TCP/IP to the applications used on PCs worldwide.

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