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.