hedrick@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Charles Hedrick) (08/31/87)
A couple of people indicated that they had had trouble getting network numbers for networks that are not attached to the Internet. I just checked with the NIC. Sue@sri-nic.arpa verified that they will give out a network number to anyone who needs it. Sponsorship is needed only if you say that your network is to be connected to the DDN-internet. If you have had trouble in the past getting a number, you might want to try again. The NIC's mail address is hostmaster@sri-nic.arpa. Their phone number is 415-859-5539.
STJOHNS@SRI-NIC.ARPA.UUCP (09/01/87)
Umm... sponsorship is needed if you are going to connect to the DOD internet, whether you say so or not! Attaching without the proper blessings counts as theft of services. Since this is stealing from Uncle Sam, this tends to get the attention of the FBI and the Secret Service (suprise, they have jurisdiction!) Mike
hedrick@TOPAZ.RUTGERS.EDU (Charles Hedrick) (09/01/87)
I certainly wasn't implying that people should attach to the Internet without permission. Rather, I was pointing out that whether your application needs to get "blessed" depends upon what you say to the question about whether you are going to connect to the DoD Internet. One theory as to why people may have had trouble getting numbers is that they inappropriately said that they intended to connect to the Internet, for example because they didn't understand exactly what the question meant.