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Hacked in a public space? Thanks, HTTPS

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Re: Net history

"You could easily imagine a network where things like authentication and confidentiality are built right into the network itself."

What would be the point of merging several network layers into one?

Besides, always demanding authentication would probably dilute the value of it.

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