] A solution to this problem _is_ necessary. Its a
] "facilitation of communication" problem at its heart, not a
] "monitoring" problem.

Woddy of Zocalo.net is working on this problem via IP telephony (which may not be the best method as it's in-band when one is considering ip network problems). He's gotten a grant and a heap of cisco IP phones and he's putting them in NSP NOC's so they can dial each other by AS number. Pretty cool.

It's certainly not a be-all end-all solution by any means, but it is taking a step towards the problem anyway. He's focused on the larger providers. I don't have a clue how you handle the issue with the thousands of edge providers spread all over the world, but starting at the center with the bigger guys seems like a good place to begin anyway.

RE: Draft of National Stratedy To Security Cyperspace (RE: Bush Administration Propose System for Monitoring Internet)