At 03:26 AM 1/28/97 -0500, Lynx_User@linux.nycmetro.com wrote:

Reuters New Media Monday January 27 9:50 AM EST

UAE Launches Service To Censor Internet

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The proxy server will be pre-fed with Internet addresses where access is blocked off, industry sources said. But the server will be unable to block access if addresses of prohibited sites are changed, as frequently happens.

Etisalat says it will disconnect any customer who abused its Internet services and violated "order and clear laws."

"Singapore has succeeded to a great extent in its drive to control harm done by the Internet," said another Etisalat official. "Why cannot we?"

I wonder what these people will think when organizations like Teledesic and Iridium start operating (low-earth-orbit satellites) to allow totally-wireless connectivity. It seems to me that there will be a market for services that allow anonymous browsing, perhaps with encrypted requests that return otherwise-unidentified data on a publicly-accessible airwaves. Jim Bell jimbell@pacifier.com