On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Stephen Satchell <list@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 ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>