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http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595

While they are at it, it would be nice if a carefully applied lobbying could transform that into something that made more sense security-wise. After dealing with one too many DDoS attacks, I would gladly mantain storage of a few weeks worth of netflow data for security uses if everybody was (a) required to do the same, and (b) required to assist when an attack is detected. Hey, one can be optimistic from time to time. Before flames begin, let me say that I hold no hope of something remotely similar to the above coming true in the foreseeable future. Nor do I like the idea of the Internet being ruled by laws, which in addition are written by people without a clue, in the first place. -- Alfredo Sola, after receiving an e-mail from an administrator of a smurf amplifier claiming that we, the attacked party, are actually the attackers.