Re: Future Impact of Viruses on Internet

[Gary Dobbins <dobbins () ND EDU>]

A good comparison - it sure feels more like the CB, than the freeway,
these days.  CB's being unable to discriminate between licensed and
unlicensed transmissions, the FCC could be cornered into dropping the
reg.  Here, we have the technology (but not yet the culture
widespread) to permit selective acceptance of only vouched-for traffic
(e.g. PGP, IPsec, X.509, etc).


> Tim Lane wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > just as a topic of interest for academic discussion, does anyone have a
> > viewpoint on the potential likely future of the impacts of worms and
> > viruses etc on the future of the Internet and its use?  As an example, I
> > consider future scenarios could potentially be:
>
>
> I think the radio spectrum might be a useful analogy for study.
> In particular, in reply to the automobile licensing comments, the FCC
> gave up licensing CB radio in the face of the sheer bulk of unlicensed
> radios going onair. In my darker hours, I suspect the Internet is become
> the CB radio of the decade...
>
> --
> --Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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>
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