Re: Security of National Infrastructure

[Petri Helenius <pete () he iki fi>]

Jerry Pasker wrote:
> It is the way it is, because the internet works when it's open by 
> default, and closed off carefully. (blacklists, and the such)   Would 
> email have ever taken off if it were based on white lists of approved 
> domains and or senders? Sure, it might make email better NOW (maybe?) 
> but in the beginning?
There was an experiment on this. It's called X.400.
>
Pete