How The NSA Killed Internet Security in 1978


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This an interesting article from the beginnings to the internet as it is now.
 
Posted by Stu Sjouwerman on Jun 8, 2015
 
Here is a very short summary of Internet security which explains why the current version of the Internet is not secure. It was not built securely from day one because the NSA objected to encryption of the data transfer protocol in 1978 as you will see when you keep on reading.
 
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UCLA ARPANET students and staff in lab, circa 1969. Leonard Kleinrock and his students were pioneers of the internet. Photo: Courtesy of Leonard Kleinrock
 
The internet grew from the work of many people over several decades. Few predicted how essential it would become to our lives or the ways that it would make us more vulnerable to scam artists, snoops and spies. Here are some of the milestones in the development of our insecure online world.
 
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