Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!tygra!cat From: cat@tygra.UUCP (John Palmer) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Georgia Tech's Restriction on Internet Access Message-ID: <1991Mar10.104221.21866@tygra.UUCP> Date: 10 Mar 91 10:42:21 GMT References: <23808@hydra.gatech.EDU> Organization: CAT-TALK Conferencing Network, Detroit, MI Lines: 26 In article lear@turbo.bio.net (Eliot) writes: >NSFNET requires connected networks must be able to identify those using >the Internet at any given time. This seems to me an extreme >interpretation of that policy. >-- >Eliot Lear >[lear@turbo.bio.net] MichNet (also known as Merit) has similar rules, although not that facist. You can theoretically access the greater net by simply dialing into a modem pool. They had to put restrictions on TELNETing out of net 35 (MichNET territory). Now they have an authorization server which will allow anyone to TELNET out as long as they have an authorization server account ($35/month). CAT-TALK will be allowing its users to TELNET from our site in a few months. The purpose of the "trusted host" site is that each TELNET/FTP/etc... session be tied to a user who can be identified. That seems reasonable to me. Why can't undergrad accounts at GA TECH access TELNET/etc?? They are identifiable users. Sound like another policy to exclude the ones who pay the most tuition.... Sigh. -- CAT-TALK Conferencing System | "Buster Bunny is an abused | E-MAIL: +1 313 343 0800 (USR HST) | child. Trust me - I'm a | cat@tygra.UUCP +1 313 343 2926 (TELEBIT PEP) | professional..." | ..sharkey!tygra! ********EIGHT NODES*********** | -- Roger Rabbit | ..cat