The First Dutch Free and Open Source SCION Connection - Interview with Hans-Dieter Hiep

From a time when newcomers were personally welcomed onto the network, we’ve gone through critical cyber incidents such as the disruptive kinetic attacks of 2001, route hijacking, or DDoS attacks. Currently, there is no scientific proof that the Internet Protocol (IPv4/IPv6) and the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) satisfy crucial correctness and security properties, that guarantee the safety and liveness of the global interconnected system. Since SCION is a clean-slate project, it supports these essential and important properties by design, and thus offering a significant improvement of the security of the internet when deployed. Let us envision how these federated networks can be used to divide cyberspace into different zones - much like the maritime zones as recognized under international law - to regulate how state sovereignty is exercised. Being bold, I could even envision a future Geneva convention in which international cyberspace is regulated by law, possibly following the principles of the US Declaration for the Future of the Internet and the European Declaration on Digital Rights and Principles. Separately, we can learn from the DigiNotar incident, and the subsequent Dutch government’s negotiation with Microsoft to delay a remote deployment of the trust root patch in The Netherlands for a week.