-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:

Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 09:06:40 -0700 From: Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com> To: cypherpunks@toad.com Cc: hua@chromatic.com Subject: algorithms for verifying U.S. IP address ...

How does one verify that an IP address is coming from a U.S. site? How do most FTP site (e.g. those which carry crypto) determine the origins of a connection?

It seems to me that if the NSA/DoS is serious about keeping crypto strong for U.S. internal use, then they would help establish a method for U.S.-only interchange of this sort of software. It is clear, however, that they do NOT have an interest in helping with this identification effort as it will thwart their own efforts at tapping U.S. (er ... oh gee ... they're NOT suppose to do that, right? okay, they must not be doing it then ...)

Ern

You might want to look around on www.internic.net/ftp.internic.net... they have a set of rules that define this. --Deviant Try `stty 0' -- it works much better. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQEVAwUBMgN48DAJap8fyDMVAQEZ0gf/S0waHw/HaXSM2J5l0gQ8DWkcueTTtfHz yZb8827kUh9eX6eNOq4ZITc9H563WLW0+KBjM7Uxy6Bijz3Hyq/mS3APLaBMysHo zzRjFhSfCoBO1Jx7e6XrOHUb3wZQWw6TbvyyCypB14WA08NcvDlXFGanGhBM0fZM Y+HwGpWY+uaCtR16RaDh/oyY0YNu7I0gOOrh4KuyNRE6Y+if82ABzTfNmZcp93Ob s8mPrZFPKhsc+Mzu3nbmCmnSYTWCOLlWy58DNRzRHt7RlqAPlSDBAscncyJ/VDYz nfAGBYiAUXVFm1owaEO0zRFKeQXsWQgJJwlVqfqXtN+cQSlDVH4MWQ== =9cEF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----