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.
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