engine - 4:35 pm on Oct 11, 2011 (gmt 0)

Vint Cerf Wants Secure Internet 2.0 [ft.com]

Mr Cerf, known as one of the fathers of the internet, acknowledges that he and co-founder Bob Kahn didn’t think enough about security when they built the framework for the web. He shares a view held by a growing number of experts that the best way to defend against cyberattacks might be to simply start again, with “Internet 2”. “I would have put a much stronger focus on authenticity or authentication – where did this email come from, what device I am talking to . . . those things are elements that would make a big difference,” Mr Cerf says.