Digital security practitioners should fight today’s battles while preparing for the future. I don’t know what that future looks like, and neither does anyone else. I think it makes sense to plan for the environment I will describe next because it will be financially attractive, but not necessarily security-enhancing. Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections will disappear, and Intranets will disappear. Every device might be able to talk to every other device, with the owners completely at the mercy of the service provider.”]
Source: https://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/dont-fight-future.html