[1756] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: An interesting question from can.canet.d
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Manavendra K. Thakur)
Mon Dec 16 17:38:54 1991
To: Stephen Wolff <steve@ncri.cise.nsf.gov>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 16 Dec 91 08:13:27 -0500.
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 91 17:37:54 EST
From: "Manavendra K. Thakur" <thakur@zerkalo.harvard.edu>
>>>>> On Mon, 16 Dec 91 08:13:27 EST, Stephen Wolff <steve@ncri.cise.nsf.gov> said:
> As far as I know, the blocking is done not on anyone's "perception", but
> rather on a flat statement by the source of the traffic that it will not
> guarantee to comply with NSFNET Acceptable Use.
It was my impression that some non-US networks are blocked from the
NSFnet as well, because NSF has to comply with export restrictions on
communications technology imposed by the Dept. of Commerce (or *some*
agency of the US govt).
Is this correct? Or has this restriction been lifted recently?
(I note, for example, that the T3 backbone carries routing information
to net 148.81, which is in Poland.)
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