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@DDDDDDDDDD6 Computer Network Gets Overseer GDDDDDDDDDDDY
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Houston Chronical [Joe Abernathy]
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<EFBFBD>Monday Sept 24, 1990<39> "Computer Network Gets Overseer":
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A newly formed non-profit corporation will bring Fortune 500 management
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talent to the nation's increasingly troubled computer network matrix, say
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government and industry sources.
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The corporation, Advanced Network & Services, is designed to bring order
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to the vast Internet data telecommunications system, which has become a
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frequent companion to contraversy while enjoying a sixfold increase in use
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since January.
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The action is expected to pave the way for congressional approval of the
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Federal High-Performance Computing Act, a comprehensive law that would,
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among other things, pay to vastly expand the communications capacity of the
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system. The legislation bogged down after the Houston Chronicle disclosed
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the controversial aspects of Internet.
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"We have a very valuable tool in the network, and if we use it properly,
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it can be a very valuable asset to the country," said Allan H. Weis, chief
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executive officer of Advanced Network and a 30-year veteran of IBM, one of
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three corporate partners in the new management firm.
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Weis said that Advanced Network will provide a day-to-day management and
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monitoring of Internet, which connects thousands of military, educational
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and private computer networks. It also will serve as a model for other such
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partnerships that could help develop and promote the network's services.
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The company was formed by IBM, MCI Communications and Merit Inc. Merit
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is a Michigan consortium that previously managed the network under the
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supervision of the National Science Foundation and will continue to fill
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this role under the supervision of Advanced Network.
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There are still questions to be answered about the roles the various groups
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will play in managing this system.
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IBM and MCI, both of which sell equipment and services vital to networking,
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provided $5 million each in seed money for the new corporation. It will
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actively seek furtther investment by industry and will impose the first formal
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fee structure on the network, which only recently evolved from an elite
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communications tool for scientists.
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"Just as private contractors helped build the interstate highway system, this
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new corporation will help build the national information superhighways that
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today's information age demands," said Sen. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn., the
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sponsor of the legislation.
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The heart of the computing act is the expansion of Internet into a "data
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superhighway" that would link researchers, educators, homes and buisnesses
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into a vast network of computing resources. The expanded Internet would be
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called the National Research and Education Network, or NREN. It has been
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likened to the telephone in terms of its expected impact on American life.
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Internet first gained notoriety as the vehicle for the infamous Morris
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Worm, a destructive program that paralyzed many of the nation's high
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preformance computers in November 1988.
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Pieced together over the course of 20 years on the tradition of trust within
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the research community, the network is a temping target for abuse and the
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favored arena for hackers. At least 5 million people have access to Internet,
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which links dozens of nations and which is scheduled to be brought into
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secondary schools of Texas.
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In June, the Chronicle reported that the network was being used widely and
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openly for purposes will outside its research mandate, such as political
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activism and the distribution of pornographic art and literature.
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Despite an investigation by the science foundation - which has been the
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primary distributor of federal dollars for networking - the controversial
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use continues, although reduced in scope.
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"We observed the growth over the past few years and we looked at the
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structure that we had ... and decided that a more formal structure on
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the national level should be put into place," said Weis. "Something this
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big moves slowly, but it moves."
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The science foundation's role in the network is one of the few remaining
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aspects of the legislation that must be decided. The National Science
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Foundation is well-respected for its leveraging of funds, and the network
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infrastructure it molded is reliable and capable. But the foundation has
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given scant attention to content, bringing it under fire for the network's
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current state of virutal anarchy.
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The Department of Energy wants control of the network, but the agency's
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viewpoint is considered to narrow, say congressional sources.
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The vision of the science foundation combined with the IBM-style management
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of Advanced Network is expected to satisfy critics.
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"The NREN is such a big effort that the government can't do it by itself,
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industry can't do it by itself, and academia can't do it by itself," said
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Weis. "To make it successful it's going to take the joint effort of
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government, industry and academia."
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Advanced Network will draw management expertise from MCI, IBM, Merit,
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McGraw-Hill and Merck, the pharmaceutical company known for its ability to
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find practicality in cutting-edge research. McGraw-Hill, best known as the
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owner of Business Week, is also in the textbook and information services
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businesses.
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"Wouldn't it be nice if we were able to provide, over the network, the
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newest physics textbook, the the textbook was a living textbook in that you
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could watch what happened when you applied additional weight to a fulcrum?"
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said Weis, offering one example of an educational use for the network.
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Sen. Gore's computing act, which has the support of the Bush administration,
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would allocate $2 billion over the course of five years to ensure the nation's
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continued dominance in the field of high-performance computing. The National
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Research Education Network would recieve $400 million of this amount, with
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the rest going for related infrastructure.
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"The interstate highway system would not have een built without a federal
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commitment," said Gore in behalf of the package. "The federal government
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is an essential catalyst foor developing and demonstrating this technology."
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The Federal High-Preformance Computing Act is scheduled to be considered by
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full Senate before it adjourns in October.
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A similar House bill, which was suspended following the Chronicle's
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disclosure of Internet's misuse, will be returned to consideration after
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approval of the Senate plan.
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Well folks, got some chem to finish up. I just caught this article when goin'
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downstairs. Looks like Gore is into this eh? great, if ya' didn't know his
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wife was the head of the PMRC. And this bit 'bout charging for the net, I
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don't like the idea and I'm sure the sites don't either. Also, 'regulating',
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it sounds more like 'censoring'.
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