I am not a security expert, but this article seems to just be saying that the Internet is held together by trust, convention, and an ever-evolving set of techno

I am not a security expert, but this article seems to just be saying that the Internet is held together by trust, convention, and an ever-evolving set of technologies. In the case of Level3 (now Lumen), it seems they did not deprecate an insecure method that others already deprecated. And it seems that better technologies are on the horizon (RPKI) but not yet fully in use. To me this doesn't feel as bad as "spit and baling wire". We could be more secure by holding everyone to a stricter standard on adopting newer, more secure technologies. But is it really as broken as the title suggests? I don't think so.