Perhaps I am stating the obvious, but... There has been a fair amount of discussion regarding setting up our own networks of various kinds so that we don't have to live within the strictures imposed upon us by providers (and regulators) of 'conventional' WAN's and financial networks. This is good. However, thinking that this is a final solution is a delusion. We are too few in number; they COULD shut us down if they wanted to badly enough. To become 'ineradicable', we must proliferate our approaches: use LOTS of different physical plants and protocols, etc., with numerous interrconnecting gateways. That way, taking down a single physical network, protocol, encryption algorithm or business strategy does not eradicate the underground internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stuart W. Card, Consultant, Card & Associates -- Research & Development Box 153 RR 1 Newport Rd Utica NY 13502 315-735-1717 / FAX -8469 swc@uc1.ucsu.edu or cards@top.cis.syr.edu "Who is John Galt?"