Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!ncis.tis.llnl.gov!A.ISI.EDU!CERF
From: CERF@A.ISI.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway
Subject: Re: an apology to Steve, and more discussion ...
Message-ID: <[A.ISI.EDU]21-Jul-89.17:38:27.CERF>
Date: 21 Jul 89 21:38:00 GMT
References: <4336.616974740@nma.com>
Sender: root@ncis.tis.llnl.gov
Distribution: inet
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 30
Approved: post-x400-gateway@tis.llnl.gov

The Internet can be and will be linked to the public email carriers.
The terms and conditions for such linkages are being worked out,
largely with the members of the FRICC. 

For the most part, the elements of the Internet serve a research
and development-oriented community. The general access and use
policies for those parts of the Internet which are operated under
government subsidy tend to restrict use to that which is supportive
of the R&D objectives or operational objectives of the government
sponsor.

In terms of connectivity, the Internet probably should not be
considered an ADMD if this implies that it will act as a transit
facility for other public ADMDs. An element of Internet use policy
tends to be exclusion of commercial transit traffic (e.g. Telemail
and Dialcom should not send traffic through Internet to each
other - the relays linking public mail to the Internet should block 
such traffic. If I have correctly surmised that ADMDs are
expected to be able to negotiate a transit use/charge policy,
then the Internet probably should be treated as a PRMD.

In the long term, however, it is my understanding that the FRICC
would like to see many of the services now available on the
Internet also available commercially so that Internet community
users could have the option of obtaining service from commercial
carriers.

Comments on this view would be most welcome.

Vint Cerf