Trei, Peter enscribed thusly:
Your question is too vague to get any kind of simple answer.
I thought her question was pretty specific and the simple answer is yes. She asked if anyone had any opinions. I might have responded that asking an opinionated bunch like cypherpunks if any of them have opinions must have been a retorical question. I think we all have opinions on regulating the internet. I don't think the simple answer is what she WANTED though... :-) Answering the question she ASKED is REAL SIMPLE. Just like the joke about Microsoft support... The answer is 100% correct and completely useless. :-)
Regulate *what* exactly? Protocol standards? Pricing? Volume of traffic? Traffic content? Internationally or domestically? If domestic, which countries? Use of encryption? Anonymity? Digital signatures? Taxation? Email content? Spam? Porn? Usenet? Web sites? IRC? DNS naming services? Digital telephony?
Packets currently fly around the world as free as migratory birds, and as hampered by borders.
Peter Trei ptrei@securitydynamics.com
-----Original Message----- From: Jennifer DePalma [SMTP:jdepalma@cato.org] Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 1:30 PM To: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: regulating the internet
Anyone have any opinions on the feasibility of regulating the internet?
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