Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called for a 'Magna Carta' for the world wide web to protect its users across the globe.
The creator of the web also believes controls need to be put into place to ensure it remains independent and equally accessible to all.
Sir Tim's comments come on what is the 25th anniversary of his first draft of the first proposal for what would become the world wide web.
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The following is a update on Sir Tim Berners WWW
IP Expo Sir Tim Berners-Lee has defended his decision not to build in security at the onset of the world wide web.
It’s easy to be wise in hindsight, but Sir Tim explained that at the point he invented the world wide web 25 years ago, he wanted to create a platform that developers would find familiar and easy to use. Baking in security at that point might have worked against that goal, he said.
>The web] might not have taken off if it had been too difficult,” he told an audience at IPExpo Europe this morning.
Sir Tim’s views are in contrast with those of another internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, who recently said he regretted not building in security to basic internet protocols. Berners-Lee strongly supported the current push towards always-on crypto (https) for websites now underway, so his differing views are more to do with timing and priorities than principles.
The Register/ Article/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/08/sir_tim_bernerslee_defends_decision_not_to_bake_security_into_www/
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By John Leyden, 8 Oct 2014IP Expo Sir Tim Berners-Lee has defended his decision not to build in security at the onset of the world wide web.
It’s easy to be wise in hindsight, but Sir Tim explained that at the point he invented the world wide web 25 years ago, he wanted to create a platform that developers would find familiar and easy to use. Baking in security at that point might have worked against that goal, he said.
>The web] might not have taken off if it had been too difficult,” he told an audience at IPExpo Europe this morning.
Sir Tim’s views are in contrast with those of another internet pioneer, Vint Cerf, who recently said he regretted not building in security to basic internet protocols. Berners-Lee strongly supported the current push towards always-on crypto (https) for websites now underway, so his differing views are more to do with timing and priorities than principles.
The Register/ Article/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/08/sir_tim_bernerslee_defends_decision_not_to_bake_security_into_www/
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