Re: Massey, CEO of Compuserve, on Internet

At 16:30 1/3/96, Tony Iannotti wrote:

>On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:
>
>> CIS always knows where you are dialing in from. Here is the start of a
>> typical connection (using the Mac Program NAVIGATOR).
>>
>> >0001NUH
[snip]
>> That NUH identifies that I am calling in via a V34 Node in NYC and the T01
>> says I got the first modem on the Rotory. If CIS wanted to restrict access
>> via the NYS nodes, that NUH would be an adequate flag to trigger this
>> action.
>
>Wouldn't this require some software routines added to check for this?  I
>expect the decision to build or buy is what CIS is now weighing. Also, I
>would imagine that a German could always call a POP outside the country if
>they wanted to pay for it..... (note that I am still not in favor of the
>action, but these are probably CIS's considerations.)

Yes it would require that the Node be checked in the Software. What I was
responding to was a claim that there is no way of telling where I am
connecting from (which I disproved). As to calling a non-German Node, that
is always an option.

On Thu, 4 Jan 1996, Robert A. Rosenberg wrote:

> Yes it would require that the Node be checked in the Software. What I was
> responding to was a claim that there is no way of telling where I am
> connecting from (which I disproved). As to calling a non-German Node, that
> is always an option.

Yes, I agree. I think the real difference is that they really cannot tell
where you are calling from, even though they know where you are
connecting.