Re: [Nea] UPDATED: WG Review: Network Endpoint Assessment (nea)

[Keith Moore <moore at cs.utk.edu>]

> >   The only
> > > question is whether or not we're going to have a say in what gets
> > > done. I really don't want to see a situation arise where I can't use,
> > >  say, my Linux laptop somwhere because the necessary secret handshake
> > > is some proprietary glop that only Windoze boxes can do.
> >
> > IMHO, that is _more_ likely to happen if NEA is standardized than if
> > there are some number of proprietary solutions.
> 
> Keith, your argument is that closed solutions are more likely to
> support more OS's and platforms than an open systems? Do I have that
> right?

no, my argument is that networks are less likely to impose draconian
policies on hosts if there is no standard interface by which they can
implement those draconian policies.  I'm not saying that no networks
will do this (as some are already doing this), but I do think it's less
likely that networks in will do this  - particularly access networks as
opposed to enterprise networks.  (most enterprise networks are a lost
cause already, IMHO, as too many enterprises have standardized on
windows and accepted the crippling of their networks that inevitably
follows.)

Keith

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