From: frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell)
Date: Wed, 4 Jan 95 07:14:10 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Regulatory Risks
Message-ID: <199501041514.AA02778@panix.com>
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So if the feds intend to regulate cyberspace, what specific sorts of
regulations are possible at this point?

Forget laws, what is *technically* and institutionally feasible?

Can they just throw out TCP/IP and mandate X25?  Can TCP/IP be "tamed?"  How
can they control private virtual networks that piggyback on the basic
network structure?  

Just questions.  No answers.

DCF
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