Re: Formal study: How many points networks share
On Sat, 26 August 2000, Randy Bush wrote:
but i imagine that we would all be willing to reveal under nda to a trusted research group such as acri, if their result would be well anonymized. but many of us would all have to send letters to each other giving notice etc. messy, but may be worth it for quality research.
After the wave of mergers, attempted mergers, unmergers, and all the related investigations by the EU and DOJ; I think most of the providers know how to give each other notice by now :-) ACRI wasn't one of the names normally associated with inside the beltway research projects. SAIC or Mitre are more likely candidates. Before they bought a $700 toilet seat, I was hoping someone had already done it. But it looks like its an open research project.
After the wave of mergers, attempted mergers, unmergers, and all the related investigations by the EU and DOJ; I think most of the providers know how to give each other notice by now :-)
really? we hadn't noticed.
ACRI wasn't one of the names normally associated with inside the beltway research projects.
this is good. they seem to do some of the best research out there.
SAIC or Mitre are more likely candidates.
this would be dissapointing. if we have to get beltway bandits, how about ones which have a better rep in internet circles, e.g. bbn, sri, isi, ... randy
At 17:32 08/28/2000 -0700, Sean Donelan wrote:
After the wave of mergers, attempted mergers, unmergers, and all the related investigations by the EU and DOJ; I think most of the providers know how to give each other notice by now :-) ....
Unfortunately, Sean, your conclusion may not follow. Responding to compulsory legal process is significantly easier than providing equivalent information on a mutual, voluntary basis. And voluntarism won't necessarily produce a complete set of responses from all major providers.
On 28 Aug 2000, Sean Donelan wrote:
ACRI wasn't one of the names normally associated with inside the beltway research projects. SAIC or Mitre are more likely candidates. Before they bought a $700 toilet seat, I was hoping someone had already done it. But it looks like its an open research project.
SAIC is a very interesting group of people. During my dealings inside the beltway, I met quite a few "spooky" type people who all carried SAIC business cards. I knew something was fishy (SPOOKy) when they opened a HUGE (10K+ sqft) office in Martinsburg, WV. For those of you who haven't ever visited Martinsburg, imagine Mayberry and Gomer and Goober being your greatest technilogical assets in the town. Not exactly the high-tech capitol of the world. Why would SAIC like it there? It's an easy place to train handlers, etc. Beyond that, what have it away? Biometric access in 1990 perhaps? I know this is going to shuffle me back to the top of a few lists but, what the hell. I'm feeling lonely and I have this exhibitionist thing going on. Watch me all you like guys!
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