Open Hardware is the solution?

[rapier57]

Here is an article in Network World where Eli Dourado of George Mason University claims Open Hardware would solve the government spying issue.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2013/1 ... ce=nww_rss

Open Source doesn't make more secure software. Why would someone think that the Open Standards for hardware would make it harder for NSA or others to spy? If it is an open standard, everybody gets to see it. The problem is that hardware platform makers are not going to open up their proprietary gear. There are IP and other considerations, not just security and anti-spying involved. There are also the requirements of things like CALEA that require hardware to allow direct access by law enforcement, or the makers get fined.

Makes you wonder what kind of drugs our academics are on, and what kind of crap they teach our CS students.

[dinowuff]

Recreate the physical layer of the Internet? Yea, I'll get right on that!

Egg man? You and MLF grab a few sledge hammers and some wire cutters. You guys are in charge of restructuring Canada. Rapier and I will handle North America. Someone get a hold of Harry and let him know that he's going have to restructure Europe. DO NOT LET FOX TOUCH ANYTHING!

[tangent]Speaking of Fox, where the hell are the bar keys?[/tangent]

Oh and is there anyone here that understands Layer I of the OSI model well enough to re write all that header packet tcp ip stuff???

[rapier57]

Oh and is there anyone here that understands Layer I of the OSI model well enough to re write all that header packet tcp ip stuff???

I could, but I don't wanna. To hard.

[DaFoxx]

DO NOT LET FOX TOUCH ANYTHING!

sniffs, I SHOULD be upset, but let's be honest, if it needs to be FOXXED UP , THEN I'm your man, until then, well, I'm in the bar
with keys

[chaosclown]

lol yea i picked up a book about tcp ip stuff.....i put it right back