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> Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 13:32:31 -0400 > From: Dean Anderson <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > > Actually, I think this issue dates back to when Network Solutions thought > they "owned" the database, and had some plans to sell it. There was a lot > of pushback to that idea, which they eventually dropped. But they have > still resisted letting anyone else have the full database. > > I don't think they are actually concerned so much with abuse as they are > with trying to maintain or establish a proprietary control over the > database. Of course, "abuse prevention" is a good cover for proprietary > control. ESnet had no problems getting access to the databases from NSI. We just asked, explained why we wanted access and promised not to use it improperly. I think we had a password to FTP the files in less than a day. This does not sound like "proprietary control" (though I'm unsure what this is). R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: +1 510 486-8634
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