RE: Palladium (TCP/MS)

[TOMSON ERIC <Eric.Tomson at siemens.atea.be>]

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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu] 

On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:09:10 +0200, TOMSON ERIC said:

> Please read the 2 following links, then answer 2 simple questions :
> - Is Palladium (TCP/MS) a real/serious threat?
A real/serious threat to whom?

To the Internet community. All users connected to the Internet. You and me. How could the Internet still be "for everyone" if it actually belongs to "one"?


> - Do we have to be afraid of it?
Who is "we"?

All the Internet users. Companies, organizations, corporate users, home users.


My personal take is that it's a serious threat, but not in the IETF venue. There are plenty of lists already discussing it, bring the topic up there...

The IETF is explicitly named in one of the 2 links. And suppose that the majority of PC users connected to the Internet stop using TCP/IP and replace it with TCP/MS... What would be the role of the IETF in such a picture? What kind of influence would the IETF have on µ$oft? What if TCP/IP just disappears? Don't WE have to be afraid of an Internet under one private monopolistic control?