The 1994 law "will have a devastating impact on the whole model of technical innovation on the Internet," said John Morris, staff counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology in Washington, which filed an appeal of the rules with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit yesterday.
"The Internet evolves through many tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of innovators coming up with brand new ideas," he said. "That is exactly what will be squelched."
Implementation of the mechanisms for compliance is relatively straightforward. Depending on how scalable and/or automated the mechanisms are, the complexity certainly increases. However, I hardly agree that including these requirements in the design of the network hardware or architecture equates to the 'squelching' of innovation or a 'devastating impact' on the Internet. Especially when compared to the alternative of providing an unfettered command & control communications network for the miscreants. ___________________________________________________________ Wayne Gustavus, CCIE #7426 IP Operations Support Verizon Internet Services ___________________________________________________________ "Can you ping me now? Good!"