[kictanet] IETF Technical Plenary: Hardening the Internet

[Chip Sharp (chsharp)]

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Today, the IETF Technical Plenary focused on the topic of Hardening of the Internet.
This plenary focused on what can be done to protect the Internet and its users from pervasive surveillance.

The Audio/Video feed can be found at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV71hhEpQ20

Presentation materials are at: https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/88/materials.html#wg-plenaryw

Agenda below:
   1.  IAB Chair Report
   2.  IRTF Chair Report
   3.  RSE and RSOC Chair Report
   4.  Technical Topic: Internet Hardening

       New reports of large-scale Internet traffic monitoring appear almost
       every day.  We were all aware that targeted interception was taking
       place, but the scale and scope in the recent reports is surprising.
       Such scale was not envisaged during the design of many Internet
       protocols; the threat is quite different than expected.  Now, the
       Internet community must consider the consequences.

       While details of these attack techniques remain largely unknown, we
       can talk about possible ways to harden the Internet in light of
       pervasive Internet monitoring.  We can take a closer look at our
       protocols and the security properties that they provide.

       A panel will summarize recent discussions and suggest potential IETF
       actions to make large-scale monitoring more difficult.

       a.  Introduction (Bruce Schneier)

           What we know and what we do not know.

       b.  Earlier IETF Debates (Brian Carpenter)

           The IETF has several cornerstone documents about Internet
           security and privacy, including RFCs 1984, 3365, 2804, and 6973.

       c.  Potential IETF Activities (Stephen Farrell)

           Summary of the discussion on the perpass mailing list.

   5.  Open Mic