[8440] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: DISA Announces Plans to Separate DDN from the InterNet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roger Fajman)
Thu Nov 18 21:09:02 1993
To: com-priv@psi.com
From: "Roger Fajman" <RAF@cu.nih.gov>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1993 20:58:22 EST
> 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"?
NIH is not on MILNET. We connect to NSFNET via SURAnet.
Roger Fajman Telephone: +1 301 402 4265
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