From: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 13:35:30 -0800 (PST)
To: ptrei@securitydynamics.com
Subject: Re: regulating the internet
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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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