The BBC reports today concerns that criminal web-traffic may overwhelm the web. Trojan worms (viruses etc) are used by criminals to infect and control computers, allowing them to use the bandwidth power to send out spam email and the like. The questions are: who is to blame and what can be done to stop this? Should we regulate the internet or is another solution needed?
"Despite all that, the net is still working, which is amazing. It's pretty resilient," said Mr Cerf.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6298641.stm
Scott
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