More dire, this has the potential to radically change the Internet as we know it into a one way medium (something that elements of the corporatocracy would indeed welcome). Today a consumer cable modem/internet connection can source any packet to any destination IP address, a fundamental concept that is key to the innovation and power of the Internet. To combat this type of attack, service providers, and more likely government claiming oversight of service providers, will restrict/legislate what consumer internet connections are allowed to do.
