[ih] Enforecment of NSFNET's Acceptable Use Policy

[mbaer at cs.tu-berlin.de (Matthias Bärwolff)]

Dear all,

I was wondering if anyone knows about or has pointers to sources on
actual cases of violations of NSFNET's Acceptable Use Policy and
repercussions of such cases. The final report is silent on this specific
point.

- Has there ever been a case where someone (some network) had its access
to NSFNET's backbone removed (or was at least told off or fined in any way)?

- How did NSF monitor the use of their backbone?

- Was there any effect of the AUP other than people "feeling"
constrained by it, and not blatantly advertising things in a commercial
fashion?

The only statement I found on this comes from an obscure source
(netdictionary.com/a.html) saying "its [NSFnet's AUP's] limitations on
commercial activity were so widely ignored that it was finally abandoned
in 1994".

Thanks for your help.

Matthias

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