> Plan 9 sure puts a lot of trust in the network. I don't know how true that really is. It certainly trusts that the network is there, and after authenticatio

> Plan 9 sure puts a lot of trust in the network. I don't know how true that really is. It certainly trusts that the network is there, and after authentication/authorisation it trusts that network devices are not malicious — but that's no different from anything else. I do think that there's some excellent work yet to be done in authenticating local networks. How do I know that the DHCP server I'm talking to is the right DHCP server for my network? How do I know that the WiFi access point I'm talking to actually is who it says it is? Really, that is a specific instance of the broader problem of naming. I don't have an answer, but I'd love to read some attempts to get at the answer.