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Date: 2 Jul 90
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From: Bill Bostwick <BOSTWICK@DARPA.MIL>
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FRICC POLICY ON INTERCONNECTIVITY AND RESOURCE SHARING
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Within the participating government agencies of the Federal Research
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Internet Coordinating Committee (FRICC), there exist today varying policies
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on the acceptable use of each agency's networking resources. This policy
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statement set forth by the FRICC will establish both a short-term and
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longer-term policy agreed to by the FRICC participating members. Mid-level
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networks that use FRICC shared resources must conform to this policy.
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For the short term, the FRICC policy is relatively simple and is primarily
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motivated by the cost savings to the Federal government. This policy will
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be in effect from mid fiscal year 1989 through fiscal year 1991.
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1. The member agencies of the FRICC agree to share the use of network
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data links, both domestic and foreign, whenever possible. This
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will include the gatewaying of major backbone resources of the
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participating agencies within the continental United States.
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2. The member agencies of the FRICC agree to carry all traffic that
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meets the acceptable use policy of the originating member agency.
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In the least restrictive case, this includes all bona fide
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researchers and scholars, public and private, from the United
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States and foreign countries unless denied access by national
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policy.
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3. The member agencies of the FRICC will maintain the prerogative to
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limit or shut off the shared use of interconnected resources
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during periods when guaranteed bandwidth might be required by the
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proprietary agency.
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4. The FRICC will comply with OMB Circular A-130 through estimates of
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shared traffic and ongoing research and development enabling the
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identification and metering of traffic through gateways or other
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means.
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For the long term, the FRICC policy is a transition to a National Research
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Network to be operated commercially. The FRICC will support the research
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and development required for the administrative policy controls and counting
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mechanisms that will make this transition possible.
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