[46759] in Cypherpunks
(cpx) Re: Why can't I get PGP from MIT (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Vincenzetti)
Mon Jan 8 07:41:04 1996
From: David Vincenzetti <vince@dsi.unimi.it>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 13:34:14 +0100 (MET)
> >I believe I had a problem when I wanted to get PGP coming from
> >internexus.net (New Jersey). I just e-mailed them about it and I think
> >they just added the site to their 'acceptable' list. I did a traceroute
> >to why.net and noticed that it is very close to me, coming off of
> >SprintNet... probably the same situation.
>
> Internexus.net has been added to the list. The heuristic that the MIT site
> enforces is as follows:
>
> o To get access you must properly answer some questions regarding export control
> law and licensing.
>
> o Your host must have an "inverse" DNS mapping so we can learn its name.
>
> o Your host's name must end in either ".EDU", ".COM", ".MIL", ".GOV", ".US",
> or ".CA".
>
> *or*
>
> Be on our exception list.
>
> All the ".NET's" and ".ORG's" need to be "excepted."
*or*
just get it from ftp.dsi.unimi.it!
Use the ftp INDEX command upon being connected.
Most of US's crypto software, in fact, has already been exported to
Europe and is *freely* available at ftp.dsi.unimi.it
Ciao,
David
