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Internet Pioneer Vint Cerf Calls For Rapid Web Security Enhancements
Google vice president and chief Internet evangelist Vint Cerf addressed the National Press Club on Monday.
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The need for security was a recurring theme of the remarks made by Internet pioneer and former ACM president Vint Cerf at the National Press Club on Monday.
Cerf discussed encryption at length, and said all Internet traffic should be encrypted, as should individual devices. He said passwords should be supplemented with two-factor authentication where possible, and also criticized recent efforts by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and Justice Department to mandate back doors in encryption methods. However, Cerf, co-recipient in 2004 of the ACM A.M. Turing Award, also acknowledged law enforcement has legitimate needs to access encrypted information and he said what is needed is new legislation to resolve the issue.
Cerf also approved of recent efforts by the U.S. Federal Communication Commission to regulate Internet providers, but noted a long-term fix in the form of new legislation is still required. Cerf also discussed the transition to IPv6, noting adoption of the protocol needs to accelerate to the meet the needs of a rapidly growing Internet. In addition, he called for the ubiquitous adoption of techniques and technologies such as BCP-38 and DNSSEC to help improve the security of Internet infrastructure.
Finally, Cerf renewed his frequent calls for a free and open Internet, criticizing countries that seek to curtail their citizens' ability to access the Internet.
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