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Reflections on Ten Years Past the Snowden Revelations
RFC 9446

Document Type RFC - Informational (July 2023)
Was draft-farrell-tenyearsafter (individual)
Authors Stephen Farrell , Farzaneh Badiei , Bruce Schneier , Steven M. Bellovin
Last updated 2023-07-20
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RFC 9446
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Acknowledgments

   Susan Landau added many valuable comments to Steve Bellovin's essay.

   We thank Carsten Bormann, Brian Carpenter, Wendy Grossman, Kathleen
   Moriarty, Jan Schaumann, Seth David Schoen, and Paul Wouters for
   comments and review of this text, though that of course doesn't mean
   that they necessarily agree with the text.

   This document was created at the behest of Eliot Lear, who also cat
   herded and did some editing.

Authors' Addresses

   Stephen Farrell
   Trinity College, Dublin
   Ireland
   Email: stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie

   Farzaneh Badii
   Digital Medusa
   Email: farzaneh.badii@gmail.com

   Bruce Schneier
   Harvard University
   United States of America
   Email: schneier@schneier.com

   Steven M. Bellovin
   Columbia University
   United States of America
   Email: smb@cs.columbia.edu