Editing Internet Protocol (section)

==Security==
During the design phase of the [[ARPANET]] and the early Internet, the security aspects and needs of a public, international network were not adequately anticipated.  Consequently, many Internet protocols exhibited vulnerabilities highlighted by network attacks and later security assessments. In 2008, a thorough security assessment and proposed mitigation of problems was published.<ref>{{citation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211145721/http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/InternetProtocol.pdf |archive-date=2010-02-11 |url=http://www.cpni.gov.uk/Docs/InternetProtocol.pdf |title=Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol |date=July 2008 |author= Fernando Gont |publisher=[[Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure|CPNI]]}}</ref> The IETF has been pursuing further studies.<ref name="RFC 6274">{{cite IETF |rfc=6274 |title=Security Assessment of the Internet Protocol version 4 |author=F. Gont |date=July 2011}}</ref>