In article <103014.14855.19429@avi.netaxs.com> Vijay the Budget Master wrote: : Avi Freedman <freedman@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 Many networks of sizable import have no capex budget, though - or sometimes very little if no engineering resources. They all pay attention to sales - and especially to RFIs and RFQs from the Feds, though. Avi