Will the Internet ever be secure?

[Cowboy T]

The internet is as secure as can possibly be.

No, no, it's, "the Internet is as secure as it's always been!"

Remember, it was originally an idea to keep comms up after nuclear attacks & other large-scale disasters destroyed large chunks of network hardware.

Twitter, or anything else using simple username / password authentication, not so much.

Good point about availability. That's one of the three pillars of INFOSEC, the others being confidentiality and integrity. That's why it took us longer to dismantle Saddam's communications network the first time around. It was using a smaller version of the Internet, a design with resilience in mind.

However, even two-factor auth can be gotten, and it has been. At one employer, we were using SecurID, which meant PIN and the six-digit SecurID code. Something you know, something you have. We had to exchange all of our SecurID tokens for new ones after RSA had gotten pwn3d. Further, if your box is infected with a keylogger, the baddies can be in your box and have a good time as well, because once you're logged in, you generally stay logged in until there's an activity time-out.

[Satex]

So the bad guys hacked the twitter feed of Central Command. Is Internet 2.0 or 3.0 ever going to provide security?

From what I see all online is a mess, from your bank account to the power grid.

Any hope for security?

Nope. What even man makes, another man can break.

No such thing as perfectly secure.

[FromTheGrave]

No, hacker tech moves at the speed of the interwebz, security is a reactive process. The hackers find the holes in the systems faster than the security experts can fix them.

JMO

Hackers are the security experts and vice versa.

[Jimi Jah]

Yes, it is when you pull the plug out.

[stix213]

Security is only as strong as the people using it.