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SCOTT A. WARD ("Scotty") sward@cap.gwu.edu +De Colores!+
Training Coordinator; WOULD APPRECIATE ASSISTANTS
Volunteer Service Manager (VSM), CapAccess Community Center
Vice-Chair, Public Relations


On Thu, 6 Jan 1994, John Wagner wrote:

> I received a copy of your Jan. 4 posting about IIA and re-posted
> it to a couple of lists, including LIAISON@BITNIC (a list for
> site liaisons on the BITNET network). I got the reply below.
> By now perhaps you've gotten lots of other replies that either
> confirm your suspicions or establish that IIA is in fact a
> legitimate Internet service provider in Washington. If so,
> please let me know so I can follow up on the lists where I
> posted your original warning.
> Thanks...
>
>      Melinda Hickman Massi
>      mhm0@ecc.bitnet           <==== Note: Use this address; the
>      Computer Services               reply address may be wrong.
>      Essex Community College
>      Baltimore, Maryland
>
> > 3.  They claim your E-mail address would be <userid>@iia.org.  However:
> >       a.  No iia.org is listed in the hq.af.mil hosts table
> >       b.  No iia.org is listed in the acq.osd.mil hosts table
> >       c.  No iia.org is listed is the INTERNIC 'whois' database
> >       d.  No iia.org is listed using the INTERNIC 'netfind' Internet lookup
> > In other words, IIA.ORG does NOT, at this time, exist.
>
> This part of the information is wrong.  Here is the iia.org listing from
 whois:
>
>  whois iia.org
>   International Internet Association (IIA2-DOM)
>      30 South First Avenue
>      Highland Park, NJ 08904
>
>      Domain Name: IIA.ORG
>
>      Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
>         Bochicchio, Charleen  (CB45)  char@JOY.ICM.COM
>         +1 202 387 5445 (FAX) +1 202 387 5446
>
>      Record last updated on 01-Dec-93.
>
>      Domain servers in listed order:
>
>      MARY.IIA.ORG                 198.4.75.9
>      NS.UU.NET                    137.39.1.3
>
>
>   The InterNIC Registration Services Host ONLY contains Internet Information
>   (Networks, ASN's, Domains, and POC's).
>   Please use the whois server at nic.ddn.mil for MILNET Information.
>
> You may note a slight mismatch in the addresses for the two organizations.
> I've sent a copy of the original notice to the postmaster at mary.iia.org and
> to the zone contact in case this is someone using their name.
>
>    John Wagner
>
>


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From:  Scott Ward   (sward@cap.gwu.edu)
To:    All Concerned
Re:    International Internet Association

    Last evening I talked to Max Robbins, the executive director of the
International Internet Association.  He gave me the following information,
and I am forwarding it to you.

1.  The IIA does exist.
2.  They have been markedly low-key, but he said it was somewhat necessary
because "If we spent all our time answering Internet questions, we
wouldn't be able to get the system running."
3.  The IIA is set to formally announce its presence during COMMNET on
January 24th in Washington, D.C. and asks everyone to monitor the media
after that point.
4.  The IIA system is a set of daisy-chained SPARCstation 10s, and has the
capability to handle approximately 4,000 users.
5.  The IIA has moved its operations from the Washington, D.C. area to New
Jersey, due to negotiating difficulties with C&P Telephone (the local
telephone carrier for D.C.)

    Again, Max Robbins promises that all questions will be answered at
COMMNET, and did not ask me to release this message.  That is all the
information I know, and my mailbox is literally STUFFED due to people
asking for clarification, etc.  Please understand that I cannot answer
more mail and still carry on with my normal electronic mail.
    In reference to the matter of the credit card numbers:  Max states that
they are shipping membership packages to individuals who have already sent
applications to them.  They are currently operating at a backlog of
six weeks, but are mailing membership packages at a rate of some 100 a
day.  He also said that the IIA may be dropping its credit card number
requirement at some point in the future.  At this point, it is still
required for submission of an application.

That is all I know.

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