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Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 18:57:14 +0200
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From: Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@online.fr>
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Subject: [Ltru] WGLC security considerations
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The current text in security section says:

"Language tags used in content negotiation, like any other information 
exchanged on the Internet, might be a source of concern because they might 
be used to infer the nationality of the sender, and thus identify potential 
targets for surveillance."

The concern of security is only related in this text to the sending host - 
which is the least threat since it may be identified in many other ways. 
This text does not consider the intelligence which may be gathered on the 
receiver and the impact on the content.

I think the following text would be more appropriate:

"Language tags used in content negotiation, or in many other circumstances, 
like any other information exchanged on the Internet, might be a source of 
concern because they might be used to infer the nationality of the sender, 
the interest of the receiver, the nature of the content and thus identify, 
help select potential targets for surveillance, gather statistics, 
information and intelligence on users and community exchanges, censor 
contents, block access to information and knowledge, fight national 
cultures, in particular in using OPES, etc."

jfc


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