I. INTRODUCTION Think back, if you can, to the early days of the new frontier--not the Western frontier, but the virtual frontier. Like the Western frontier, the early Internet was largely barren space awaiting cultivation. Virtual prospectors never knew if they would strike it rich or die trying. However, some clever prospectors managed to secure some thing that their real-world counterparts never imagined possible--a guarantee of striking gold if they moved quickly. Enter the cybersquatter.
