The internet's 'father' says it was born with two big flaws

Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers" of the internet, says the network had two big flaws when it launched

Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the internet, said the network had two big flaws when he launched it.
The internet didn't have room for all the devices that would eventually be connected to it, said Cerf, now Google's chief internet evangelist.
It also didn't have any built-in security protocols.
Even though both shortcomings proved problematic, Cerf's not certain he would have fixed them if he had to do it all over again.

Read the article over at Business Insider here.

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