[8437] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: DISA Announces Plans to Separate DDN from the InterNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Glenn S. Tenney)
Thu Nov 18 17:13:27 1993
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 14:12:39 -0800
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: tenney@netcom.com (Glenn S. Tenney)
At 1:56 PM 11/18/93 -0500, Stephen Williams wrote:
>The only pertinent point appears to be that incoming connections won't
>be allowed, which, after Simtel, doesn't affect me, but is still a
>loss.
Ah, but it may affect you. How many ftp sites in use today are on systems
served by DNN? Yes, Simtel was an obvious one, but aren't there others?
How about ones from NIH or NASA...??? Will those agencies be willing to
set up a mirror outside the firewall -- or will they see that as a way to
increase the "incremental cost of providing the information to the public"?
Firewalls are quite necessary, but I do NOT see this as such a benign
announcement!!!!!!
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Glenn Tenney
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