On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Stephen Satchell <l...@satchell.net> wrote:
> the Internet as we know it was developed under the stern eyes of the > Department of Defense and the National Science Foundation. The NSF in > particular ran the 'Net like bouncers do in a strip club: you break the > rules, you go. No argument. > > The original trust model for the Internet was based on this unrelenting > oversight. You didn't expect Bad Things(tm) because the consequences of > doing them was so severe: banishment and exile. Hi Stephen, Granted I was a late arrival in 1991, but I don't recall much in the way of oversight... or banishment. I do recall that the '88 Morris worm resulted in 400 hours of community service and a tenured professorship at MIT. I suppose the latter could be considered a severe consequence. Regards, Bill Herrin -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
