[102550] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IPV4 as a Commodity for Profit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Conrad)
Tue Feb 19 11:43:45 2008
Cc: Nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
From: David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org>
To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20080219073353.4a9b176d@yellowstone.machshav.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 08:25:06 -0800
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Steve,
On Feb 18, 2008, at 11:33 PM, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>> This is a strong argument for regulation of the market. A regulated
>> market could provide liquidity needed by those who would otherwise
>> find <unregulated> means to accomplish their ends (such as making
>> private deals that are perhaps undetectable).
>
> I have no problem with regulating markets -- I tend to think they work
> better that way.
Given the decentralized nature of the Internet and the lack of a
single legal/policy regime that covers it, the challenge is in
identifying viable candidates for the regulator.
Regards,
-drc
