From: The Deviant <deviant@pooh-corner.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 1996 01:57:04 +0800
To: Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com>
Subject: Re: algorithms for verifying U.S. IP address ...
In-Reply-To: <199608011606.JAA23574@ohio.chromatic.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.94.960803160517.150A-100000@switch.sp.org>
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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.


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