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From: gt6004a@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael Goldsman)
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Subject: Georgia Tech's Restriction on Internet Access
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Date: 7 Mar 91 21:47:33 GMT
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This was recently posted to a georgia tech newsgroup:

February 13, 1991



MEMORANDUM




To:	Vice Presidents
	Deans
	Directors
	Department Heads
	Lab Directors
	Academic Services Computing Subcommittee

From: 	F. L. Suddath
	Vice President for Information Technology

[misc stuff deleted]

In order to comply with  NSFNET, SURAnet, and Internet "Acceptable Use" 
policies and security guidelines, Network Technologies will implement a 
Network Access Control Policy utilizing a Trusted Host model for 
managing network security.  The intent of the model is to ensure the 
integrity and security of GTnet and the Internet, while having the 
minimum impact on the connectivity of the networks users who depend upon 
the network.  The Trusted Host model would provide support for Internet 
access for remote login and file transfer via a secure machine.  Support 
for the exchange of electronic mail would be provided by a secure mail 
gateway system.  Any member of the faculty or staff, with authority to 
access remote resources across the Internet, would be granted an account 
on the Trusted Host.  Postdocs, Graduate Research Assistants, and 
Undergraduate students with a valid requirement to access remote 
resources would receive sponsorship from the appropriate faculty/staff 
member and be granted an account on the trusted host.  Additional 
automated request services would be available to support Anonymous FTP 
with locally cached directories from a trusted FTP server.  Tech would 
not be the first site to implement such a network security model.  
Numerous site on the Internet currently support Trusted Host network 
access including: MIT, Digital Equipment Corporation, Sun Microsystems, 
and numerous government sites.

[stuff to the end deleted]

Questions for you guys:


1.  Have any other universities restricted access as Tech is about to do?

2. what exactly are NSFNet and SURAnet's policies??


We are going to try to fight this,  and  as of yet seems to have lots
of support among student here.


Please commment on this evil memo from hell...

-Mike