Reliability and security of information
Anton Vedder, Daan Lenstra · Research portal (Tilburg University) · 2006
The infrastructure of our information and communication networks is quickly developing. All over the world, researchers are successfully working on higher capacity data transmission and on connectivity enhancement. Traditional limitations of time, space and quantity are gradually loosing their grip on the availability and accessibility of information and communication. What are the consequences for our ways of assessing the reliability of information and for safeguarding the security of communication? In this editorial, we first draw an outline of the attempts to enhance the capacity for data transmission (for internet, e-services, video streaming, etc.), with a special focus on recent developments towards ultrafast alloptical communication. Subsequently, we will draw attention to the possible consequences of the implied dramatic increases in connectivity and the availability of information. Finally, we introduce the papers that were especially prepared for this special issue in order to deal with some of the issues involved.