Re: Massey, CEO of Compuserve, on Internet

At 23:03 1/2/96, John Goerzen wrote:

>CompuServe is not location-dependant.  The network operates exactly the
>same regardless of calling location (indeed, the system doesn't even know
>where you're calling from I believe).  It is a worldwide CompuServe
>Network that people use to access it.  This network just allows dialups
>and then gets the users connected to the CompuServe computers.  The main
>computers handle all traffic.  They don't are location-independant,
>making it impossible to block access based on location.

CIS always knows where you are dialing in from. Here is the start of a
typical connection (using the Mac Program NAVIGATOR).

>0001NUH
>
>Host Name:  CIS
>
>User ID: xxxxx,xxx/INT
>Password:
>[Navigator: Logged on]
>
>Welcome to CompuServe Information ServiceT01NUH @38400!
>
>Last access: Mon, Dec 18, 1995 23:11
>Connected to port CIS T01NUH @38400

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.

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
> >
> >Host Name:  CIS
> >
> >User ID: xxxxx,xxx/INT
> >Password:
> >[Navigator: Logged on]
> >
> >Welcome to CompuServe Information ServiceT01NUH @38400!
> >
> >Last access: Mon, Dec 18, 1995 23:11
> >Connected to port CIS T01NUH @38400
> 
> 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.)