[2649] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Perot and AUP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Wolff)
Thu Apr 2 08:25:35 1992
To: farber@central.cis.upenn.edu (David J. Farber)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 92 08:22:26 EST
From: Stephen Wolff <steve@cise.cise.nsf.gov>
->Seems to me that the US got very upset with the Finns when they had
->on their systems material that the US authorities felt was
->inappropriate for US people to access. I HEAR tell we strongly
->insisted it be "removed" from access else the networks connection
->would be terminated.
Not to my knowledge. We notified the administration of NORDUNET that the
material was inappropriate for transmission across the NSFNET Backbone.
They told us it was also inappropriate for NORDUNET, and took it as an
internal NORDUNET matter.
We did NOT threaten that "the networks connection would be terminated";
we know that's a Doomsday machine and I'm not Dr. Strangelove.
-s
