[126939] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Wed Jun 9 07:13:15 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C0F309A.5050803@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 04:11:32 -0700
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Jun 8, 2010, at 11:11 PM, JC Dill wrote:
> Owen DeLong wrote:
>>=20
>> Heck, at this point, I'd be OK with it being a regulatory issue.=20
>=20
> What entity do you see as having any possibility of effective =
regulatory control over the internet?
>=20
> The reason we have these problems to begin with is because there is no =
way for people (or government regulators) in the US to control ISPs in =
eastern Europe etc.
>=20
The reason we have these problems is because NO government is taking =
action. If each government
took the action I suggested locally against the ISPs in their region, it =
would be just as effective.
In fact, the more governments that take the action I suggested, the more =
effective it would be.
Owen
