Russett,
You bring up some good points. The length and depth of philosophical debate could, indeed, be endless. There is another aspect to this, though.
Actually it's a multi-dimensional matter that unavoidably affects the technology of internetworking, which is, surprise!, based on deeply rooted philosophical principles of its own. Namely, those principles and technologies that support end-to-endness in a transparent manner.
So, these issues impact the very architecture of the net. Whenever "interior boxes" are implemented in the core of the network (anywhere outside of the edge) that do police work, or copyright verification, or whatever, the end to end model is not only severely compromised, but rather, it is actually eliminated.
The implications of these measures are not obvious to the naked eye. For starters, consider that doing so limits one's ability to trust what - and who it is that - you think that are communicating with. The challenge is to satisfy both the philosophical matters _and_ the technological ones simultaneously. Maybe that's not possible, because the weaknesses or strengths of one impacts the other. Tension.
More on this later when I'm less prone to babbling. It's getting late ;) Thanks for the reply.
FAC |
