Scaled Back Cybersecuruty

Tue Jan 14 19:06:30 UTC 2003

Avi Freedman <freedman at freedman.net> writes:

> Perhaps the Feds (and maybe states) could use their purchasing power
> to effect change.  Short of that, or regulation, the I don't see how
> the serious issues we have with the 'net will get resolved.
> 
> I suppose that the "problem" is likely that people don't understand 
> what a nice actually well-written worm could/would do if it were 
> targeted at the infrastructure.

People do. I've been beating this particular horse for a while now,
and we are starting to deploy the capex hammer.  I suggest others start
to do the same. See my presentation at the eugene nanog.

/vijay