OFFTOPIC: An Ultimate Intermediary

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/30/AR2005113002
109.html

There are so many ways this can go wrong, I can't count them.  Many years
ago, Steve 
Newcomb told me, "Len, someday the owners of systems passing packets will
notice 
that their CPUs are being used for free, and they'll do something about
that."  

Once again, Doctor, you were right.

len