@EDDIE.MIT.EDU:JBS@DEEP-THOUGHT.MIT.EDU (12/31/86)
How does one go about getting a net connection. I'm talking here about a company I am familiar with which does data processing and software development for the US Gov't and would like to transfer data to and from gov't computers, and to communicate with gov't personnel via electronic mail. Please reply directly to jbs@eddie.mit.edu. Jeff Siegal -------
@EDDIE.MIT.EDU:ROMKEY@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (John Romkey) (01/01/87)
Suppose that a company wants an *Internet* connection, not an actual arpanet connection (perhaps a nearby University or somesuch is willing to allow them to connect)? All that's necessary then is just permission from ARPA, not any $, right? - john -------
hedrick@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU.UUCP (01/02/87)
Authorization is required to connect a network to the Arpanet, whether the connection is direct or indirect. More paperwork and time is needed to connect directly to it, but you must register even if you use a friendly local University as an intermediary, or connect to some other network with indirect connections to the Arpanet (e.g. NSFnet). Note that even such indirect connections require your network to appear in the Arpanet's routing tables. I.e. some Arpanet gateway must advertise your network to the core gateways using EGP. Note that it is not just your network that must be authorized to connect to the Arpanet. Individual users who use the Arpanet must be using it for authorized purposes. So when you connect a network to the Arpanet, even indirectly, you are accepting the responsbility to monitor your users and make sure that their use is appropriate.
farber@HUEY.UDEL.EDU.UUCP (01/02/87)
I would suggest that if your company is engaged in Computer Science Research or the support of it, you consider joining many other industrial firms in becoming members of CSNET. Dave Conflict: I Chair the CSNET Exec Committee
leiner@ICARUS.RIACS.EDU.UUCP (01/03/87)
JOhn, Actually, permission is not needed from DARPA in order to become an internet site; only to have your traffic (in either direction) pass over networks supported by DARPA. What is needed is to be incorporated into the internet addressing structure, which means basically obtaining a network number. Barry ----------