[1752] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
RE: An interesting question from can.canet.d
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Mon Dec 16 15:33:54 1991
To: jqj@phloem.uoregon.edu (JQ Johnson)
Cc: comint@psi.com
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 15:26:41 EST
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@ncri.cise.nsf.gov>
->I do not believe that the Internet currently possesses the technology
->to implement policy based routing. If I am correct, then all current
->attempts to limit traffic should be seen as either (1) attempts to
->drive the production of new technology, or (2) attempts to degrade
->service on the Internet.
The NSF-requested traffic blocking by ANS is not an "attempt(s) to degrade
service on the Internet," but an assurance that self-designated potentially
non-NSF-Acceptable-Use-conformant traffic will not leak into nets that don't
want to carry it.
-s
