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Accountability in Future Internet Architectures.

The author reflects on the importance of taking into consideration accountability when developing Internet architecture. Topics discussed include the potential of accountability to address various partly legal solutions to problems that have not yet been solved by purely technical means, security in...

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Published in:Communications of the ACM Vol. 57; no. 9; pp. 21 - 24
Main Authors: Bechtold, Stefan, Perrig, Adrian
Format: Opinion
Published: Association for Computing Machinery Sep2014
Subjects:
Computer architecture
Responsibility
Internet laws
Computer laws
Computer security
Computer ethics
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The author reflects on the importance of taking into consideration accountability when developing Internet architecture. Topics discussed include the potential of accountability to address various partly legal solutions to problems that have not yet been solved by purely technical means, security incidents that highlight the need for accountability mechanisms, and some attempts being made to deal with accountability loopholes.